Mission

The Stark County Learning Center respects the individual needs, as well as the unique qualities of each child and fosters a caring and creative environment emphasizing the child’s social, emotional, physical and intellectual development. The Stark County Learning Center provides strategies through focused integration of the arts, counseling services and team building through peer support.

Vision

To be a facility and community that nurtures the unique qualities in each student to live a confident and healthy lifestyle by acknowledging supports and reflective decision making.

Student Motto

To make a better future for myself and others by being safe, 

respectful and responsible.

Referrals for the SCLC program are made through the students home district Special Education Coordinator. Each unit has limited spots available for district referrals. We often have a waitlist for all age groups. 

SCLC provides services to 19 school districts under the umbrella of the Stark County Educational Service Center. All students that attend SCLC are still enrolled in their home district but come to SCLC as an extension of the home district. We provide services to student who may need extra behavioral supports or continued eduction for transition portions of their IEP.