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Dear Students, Families, and Staff,
The 2024-2025 District and School Reports Cards were released by the Department of Education on September 16, 2025.
This year, our district is focused on fostering a culture of encouragement. This means actively recognizing the hard work of our students, the dedication of our staff, and the invaluable support from our families.
When we encourage one another, we build trust and create a stronger, more supportive school community where everyone feels seen, heard, and valued.
Nowhere in our public reporting of data does this hold more true than in the release of district and building report cards by DEW. To achieve in all of the many components that schools are evaluated on, is a Herculean task.
Everyone contributes to our success. Bus drivers, secretaries, nurses, custodians, support staff, administrators and especially teachers help create the positive climate that leads to success.
It requires a commitment to being the best we can be, celebrating our successes, being honest about our weaknesses with the intent to get better, and putting forth the extra effort needed to make sure that every student is successful.
I am pleased to tell you that after reviewing our report card data we again this year lead Ashtabula County in the overall Star Ratings and have made tremendous strides as buildings.
Here is a summary:
We have the top High School, Junior High School and Elementary Building (Jefferson Elementary) in our county.
When all 29 buildings in the County are looked cumulatively we rank
#1- Jefferson Elementary
#3- Jefferson High School
#4- Jefferson Junior High School and
#17- Rock Creek Elementary School
You can go to our district report card by clicking here
Here are links to the JALSD Building Report Cards:
Sincerely,
John Montanaro, Superintendent
FOOD SERVICE
Online applications for Free and Reduced Lunch are available on our
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JALSD is working to improve student attendance
Stay In The Game (SITG) started in 2019 by the Cleveland Brown’s Foundation, Ohio Department of Education and Workforce and Harvard's Proving Grounds. To date there are 200 school districts in the state of Ohio that work with Stay In The Game.
The Mission Statement of SITG:
To drastically improve student attendance by uniting schools, communities, and experts to address the importance of daily school
attendance.
Activities:
Involves data-informed campaigns, resources for parents and educators, and connecting with community partners to identify and remove barriers to attendance.
Impact:
Aims to ensure students have the foundation for success by reaching grade-level reading and high school graduation.
All schools in the Jefferson Area Local School District are involved in Stay In The Game and will have drawings for students who have met the attendance goal for each week, each month, each quarter, and each semester.
All students who meet the attendance goal for the first quarter (3 absences or less) will be entered into a drawing for four tickets to the Nov. 30th Cleveland Browns football game vs the San Francisco 49ers.
JALSD DISTRICT Contact Information
Jefferson Area Local School Board Members
SCOTT ARDARY
scott.ardary@jalsd.org
(440) 812-4455
Term Ends: 12/31/2021
Served Since: 2014
NICOLE NOSCAL
nicole.noscal@jalsd.org
Term Ends: 12/31/2027
Served Since: 2024
JUSTIN SMITH
Term Ends: 12/31/2025
Served Since: 2025
JOSEPH TREDENT
joseph.tredent@jalsd.org
Term Ends: 12/31/2023
Served Since: 2018
HENDRIK WOLFERT hendrik.wolfert@jalsd.org
Term Ends: 12/31/2025
Served Since: 2022
Administration:
DISTRICT OFFICE
121 S Poplar Street
Jefferson, Ohio 44047
(440) 576-9180
(440) 576-9876 (fax)
Superintendent:
Mr. John Montanaro
Secretary to the Superintendent:
Mr. Brandon Hanna
Supervisor of School Improvement:
Mr. William Mullane
Student Success Administrator:
Mr. Jeremy Huber
Community Liaison Administrator
Homeless Liaison:
Mr. Steve Candela
Phone: 440-805-9200 / email steve.candela@jalsd.org
Support for Exceptional Children Special Education Director:
Ms. Tiffany Mayorga
Food Service Supervisor:
Ms. Lisa Loomis
Technology Coordinator:
Mr. Mark Pickard
TRANSPORTATION AND MAINTENANCE OFFICE
Transportation Supervisor:
Ms. Seanna Butler
15 South Sycamore Street
Jefferson, Ohio 44047
(440) 576-5732
BUS GARAGE
23 South Sycamore Street
Jefferson, Ohio 44047
Maintenance Supervisor:
Mr. John Montanaro
Maintenance
Mr. Matt Hein
(440) 576-0116
JALSD BUILDING CONTACT INFORMATION
Jefferson Area High School
Mr. Richard Shields, Principal
Mr. Marc Fritz, Asst. Principal
Ms. Lisa Paul, Guidance Counselor
Mr. Greg Juhola, Athletic Director
Jefferson, OH 44047
440-576-4731
Jefferson Area Junior High
Ryan Martin, Principal
Mr. Marc Fritz, Asst. Principal
Ms. Rhea Drost, Guidance Counselor
207 W. Mulberry St.
Jefferson, OH 44047
440-576-1736
Jefferson Elementary School
Mr. Alex Anderson, Principal / Director of Elementary Education
Ms. Julie Meyer, Dean of Students
204 W Mulberry Street
Jefferson, Ohio 44047
440-576-2646
Rock Creek Elementary School
Ms. Adrienne Fritz, Principal
3134 N Main Street
Rock Creek, Ohio 44084
440-563-3820
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