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Canton Local board moves to employ Erica Erwin as elementary principal
Summary
The Canton Local Board of Education received a recommendation to employ Erica Erwin as the district’s next elementary principal on a three-year contract effective for the 2025–26 school year; the administrative pay scale will be set in May, the transcript shows.
The Canton Local Board of Education considered a motion to employ Erica Erwin as the district’s next elementary principal during a special meeting on April 28, 2025.
Speaker 2, who led the candidate introduction, told the board that 33 people applied for the elementary principal opening and that staff and community feedback had been integral to the search. Speaker 2 formally recommended "Erica Erwin," saying Erwin is coming from Kansas City and has "over 10 years experience being a principal" and that referees and community members offered overwhelmingly positive assessments of her leadership (SEG 059-063, SEG 072-079, SEG 092-096).
Speaker 1 asked for a motion to act on Erwin’s employment; a motion was made and seconded, but the transcript does not include a recorded roll-call tally for that employment motion (SEG 108-116). Speaker 2 said the recommendation was for a three-year contract effective for the 2025–26 school year and noted the district has not yet finalized the administrative pay scale, which is expected to be set in May (SEG 096-104).
Following the motion and second, the candidate addressed the board. The speaker who thanked the board said she was "super excited" and that she had been "highly recommended by my staff and community members" (SEG 117-125). That speaker’s remarks immediately follow Speaker 2’s introduction and are attributable to Erica Erwin based on the sequence in the transcript.
The meeting record shows the board then moved to adjourn. The transcript does not include a formal vote count for Erwin’s employment; the motion was made, seconded, and the candidate spoke before the meeting was adjourned (SEG 136-139). The district will finalize administrative pay-scale placement for the new hire in May, according to the recommendation presented at the meeting.
What’s next: the district’s administrative pay scale will be set in May, which will determine Erwin’s placement; the employment recommendation specifies a three-year contract effective with the 2025–26 school year.
