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Superintendent outlines active-shooter drill, mold tests, delayed-start staff time and student programs
Summary
Superintendent reported a full-scale active-shooter drill with local emergency responders, districtwide mold air sampling with no elevated readings reported by contractor PSI, new security cameras and SRO placement, and planned teacher-led delayed-start sessions to target academic gaps.
Superintendent Noel reported to the Canfield Local School District Board on Sept. 10 that the district conducted a full-scale active-shooter exercise on the first day of school with local emergency responders and that the district will follow up with a "hot wash" review.
"By law, school districts are required to do one of three types of safety drills ... It was Canfield's turn for the full-scale exercise this year. We did an active shooter drill with all the staff members day 1," the superintendent said, adding that the State Highway Patrol, Mahoning County Sheriff, Canfield Police and Canfield Fire Department assisted.
Noel said the district completed a districtwide mold air-sampling review conducted by a contractor, PSI, and that the company reported no elevated fungal readings: "We got good news ... they did not identify any elevated [levels]." The superintendent said the company translated the results as "you're in good shape."
Principals reported local school start updates. Dr. Potts (high school) said the district tested about 620 of roughly 740 students in a student drug-testing program and praised student compliance with a new cell-phone policy. Potts also said the high school has used scheduled delayed-start mornings for teacher-driven, prescriptive work to target academic gaps and that those sessions would continue several months.
Travis Labrick, principal of C. H. Campbell Elementary School, said the start of school was the smoothest in his 15 years at the building. Labrick announced a new special-needs classroom located at C. H. Campbell, which will allow students who need additional services to stay in their home school rather than transfer to Hilltop Elementary.
Labrick said the school welcomed a new school resource officer, Stacy Karas, and that newly activated security cameras have allowed staff to zoom in on playground activity.
The superintendent also noted extracurricular and community activities, including Purple Star recognition for all four district schools, athletic wins across fall sports, and Champions Day, a donated event for students scheduled the following Thursday.
No formal district policy changes were adopted on Sept. 10; the items were presented as updates and acknowledgements. Board members thanked principals and staff for the start-of-year work.
