Construction On The New Bulldog Performance Center and The STEAMM Academy Right On Track

Our new spaces will offer expanded opportunities to students and the community.

By Jason Dixon, Assistant Superintendent

The district is pleased to report that we have broken ground on the Bulldog Performance Center and construction is now underway. This 110,000-square-foot indoor activity space will be located on the northwest corner of the Timken Career Tech Campus. It will have a sixlane, 200-meter indoor track as well as volleyball and basketball courts. A second section of the facility will have 60 yards of turf for multiple uses, along with locker rooms, a lobby, and office space.

Right now we are on schedule to open in the Fall of 2024. We are excited for our school district and our community for the addition of this new space. The cost is about $19 million and comes from our allotted Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Funds. We are confident that this is a sound investment and will produce revenue for the district with some outside organizations already expressing interest in renting the space for indoor track meets at both the high school and college level.

We are also making great progress on the STEAMM Academy’s new spaces. Construction includes new bathrooms on the southwest end of the building, which does not have any bathrooms currently. With the growing enrollment at STEAMM, we felt this was necessary. Also at STEAMM is the construction of an 11,000-square-foot indoor activity space which is underway. This space, located on the northern half of the football field, will include a rubberized gym floor surface that will be used for many different purposes. On the south side of this new building, we will have two large garage doors that will open up to the football field where we will have a pond and planted crops related to our current agriculture and horticulture program. Our hope is that this building will be ready to be open for the 2024-2025 school year.

Finally, the Canton City Schools Transportation Department has a new addition being added that will give them enough space to house all transportation employees at one time for professional development and different trainings throughout the year.