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A brief history of Canton McKinley High School


Canton McKinley High School can trace its roots to the first flagship high school in Canton, known as Central High School. Central stood on the exact location that Timken High School sits today. In 1912 the board of education felt the need for a new high school facility. Heavy debate ensued as to what the location of "new" Central High would be. Finally a site was selected on North Market Avenue, across the street from William McKinley's home where a hospital was located. The cost of the property was $90,000. Construction was delayed due to litigation by neighbors who did not want the high school located near them. However, the board prevailed and construction began. Also it had been decided that the high school would be named in honor of Canton native and United States President William McKinley and for his sister, Anna McKinley, who taught many years in the Canton Public Schools. Opened in 1918, Canton McKinley High School was incomplete as the left wing needed to be constructed. However the doors were swung open to the students of Canton, and they were happy to be in the cleaner, less crowded environment. When completed the school was built to house 2,500 students. By 1932 more than 4,000 students were enrolled. There was talk that McKinley would become strictly an industrial and trade school. However this never happened due to the building of the Timken Vocational High School.


In the early 1970s due to population decline, fluctuating economics, and changing demographics, the Canton City School system was forced to make the tough decision of closing its high schools and restructuring the entire secondary structure of the district. At the close of the school year in the Spring of 1976 the Canton City Schools closed all four of its high school facilities: McKinley High School, Lincoln High School, Timken Vocational High School, and Lehman High School. After the closing of these facilities, two were to be opened in their place. First was Timken Senior High School, housed in the same facility as Timken Vocational High School. The second was a brand new facility being built on 17th Street on the site of the Memorial Field House and Fawcett Stadium. A vote was taken by the students of the district on what to call the new high school. While there was support for a plan of naming the facility something new, with a new mascot and colors, the students overwhelmingly favored continuing the tradition of Canton McKinley and the Bulldogs. So, in the Autumn of 1976, Canton McKinley Senior High School once again swung its doors open to students appreciative of the fresh new environment. Canton McKinley High School stands today as a monument to the citizens of Canton. The thousands of students that have passed through its doors, whether at the North Market facility or the 17th Street facility, have a bond and love for their high school not seen in many other places. Here's to Canton McKinley, now in its eighth decade of existence, gracing the Canton landscape well into the new millennium.

From cantonmckinley.com, a web site dedicated to Canton McKinley sports, not affiliated with the Canton City School District or McKinley High School.



In the fall of 2003, Canton McKinley was awarded a $1.5 million grant from The KnowledgeWorks Foundation funded in part by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and received assistance from the Ohio High School Transformation Initiative. Through studies it was found that smaller schools had higher graduation rates and fostered “community” and accountability within the school. In the fall of 2004, McKinley entered its first year of the program by being divided into 5 "small schools" (housed within the same building) known as A.L.I.V.E., Diversity, Impact, McK II, and S.T.A.R.S., each with its own Principal and counselor.


In the fall of 2006, the small schools were reformatted elimitating two.

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