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Mallory Floyd is a McKinley High School graduate who has spent 27 years as an educator in the Canton City School District.

The Canton City school board plans to ask taxpayers to fund two new elementary schools. It has paused plans to build a new McKinley High School.

The Canton City School District Board of Education voted Monday to move forward with seeking a levy in the spring to build two new elementary schools as part of a major facilities reconfiguration plan. The district is also putting plans to move McKinley High School on hold.

The proposed restructuring project includes building two new elementary schools and a new McKinley High School on the Timken Career Campus.

Those on hand for the first community meeting about a multimillion-dollar restructuring plan had questions about the funding and logistics.

The first commmunity meeting to provide feedback about Canton City Schools Superintendent Jeff Talberts restructuring recommendations is Tuesday.

Staff meetings about the proposal will begin this coming week and community meetings should be announced soon.

A strategic plan to move McKinley High School downtown and reconfigure several grade schools has sparked discussion amongst those most affected.

'It looked like any other power line easement that’s been cut out through the woods.'

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