In 1830, when the first public school was established in a log house on Plymouth Road, there was probably no thought that the school district would today have two high schools, five middle schools, and 14 elementary schools. Included in the District are shopping centers, modern subdivisions, industry, and open farmland. The Plymouth-Canton School District boasts the only educational park in the State of Michigan. The buildings, completed in 1975, house over 220 teachers, counselors, and learning specialists, with a student population of about 4,400.
Teachers often think of technology as a time waster.
The feeling is that it requires more time and energy than it gives back and that there is just too much to learn. But technology can be used as a tool to help teachers get their work done more effectively. Teachers in the Plymouth Canton School District have found a way to harness the power of technology to actually save them time. The key is to identify a real need and to use the technology to address the need. In the past decade, both the federal and state government have expanded school district reporting requirements for special education students.