A Historical Time Line of Mansfield City Schools 

First pupils in Mansfield taught in a room in a blockhouse on the public square at the turn of  the eighteenth century by Miss Eliza Wolf for a paid tuition.

The second school of record was taught by a crippled man, John Mull, in a building on the east side of public square.

Other early teachers included John Lowery, who taught in a school at the corner of South Main and Second Streets; James Russell, who taught a class in a building at the northeast corner of Main and Third Streets; and Alexander Kerr, whose classroom was located in a tavern at the northwest corner of Fourth and Main Street.

First Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools, 1855

Bushnell School built in 1869

West Bloom Street School built in 1869

West Fifth Street School, original building, built in 1870

Hedges School built in 1871

A Manual of Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Board of Education and the Public Schools of the City of Mansfield, Ohio was published in 1879.

Newman School old building built in 1880.

Marion Avenue School built in 1884.

Bowman Street School built in 1886.

High School at West Fourth and Bowman streets built in 1892, later to become John

   Simpson Junior High, then Middle School.

Prospect School built in 1895.

Hedges School addition, 1911.

Western School built in 1911.

Central Office 1912.

John Simpson, original building, 1922.

Mansfield Senior High School built in 1927.

First Vocational courses offered at Mansfield Senior High in 1927.

Woodland School built in 1936.

Johnny Appleseed Junior High School built in 1940.

John Simpson Junior High School main building built in 1940.

Hedges School, addition, 1941.

In 1946 a survey of by Ohio State University indicated a need for new elementary schools.  $2,111,000 was approved by votes for construction of these buildings.  Construction began in 1947.

Arlin Field built in 1947

Newman School new building built in 1949.

Roseland School built in 1949.

Hedges School, addition, 1950.

Brinkerhoff School new building built in 1950.

West Fifth Street new building built in 1950.

1951, first Speech and Hearing Therapist is employed.

Hedges School remodeled in 1951.

Creveling School built in 1952.

Carpenter School new building built in 1952.

Prospect School new building built in 1952.

Voters approve bond issue of $4,600,000 for new elementary schools and additions to other buildings in November 1954.

Mansfield Senior High School gym addition, 1954.

First Adult Education classes are held at Mansfield Senior High in the evenings in 1954.

Class for special education and gifted students are provided by persons of special training.

Hedges  School, addition, 1956.

Empire School built in 1956.

Fleming Falls School built in 1956.

Ranchwood School built in 1956.

Stadium School built in 1957.

Mansfield Senior High School music annex addition, 1958.

Raemelton School in built in 1961.

John Sherman Junior High built in 1961.

Springmill School built in 1961.

Mansfield Senior High School addition (12 rooms), 1962.

John Simpson, parking lot addition, 1963.

Malabar Senior High School built in 1963.

Transportation Center 1966.

Central Office moves to site of the old Mansfield Main Post Office, at the corner of Fourth and Mulberry Streets, during the1974-1975 school year.

Arlin Field renovation, 1989

1989, last graduating year for students from Malabar High School.

Through reconstruction of the Mansfield City Schools, Malabar High School becomes

   Malabar Middle School; Johnny Appleseed Junior High School becomes the Cline       Avenue Campus to accommodate the ninth grade students; and Mansfield Senior High School at West Park Boulevard receive the tenth through twelfth grade students.  

Transportation Center addition, 1993.

Arlin Field addition, 1994.

Voters approve $17,900,000 bond issue, to receive state matching of $29,000,000  for

   construction of the new Mansfield Senior High School in November, 1999.

The current, estimated date of completion of the new Mansfield Senior High School is Fall, 2003.  

Mansfield City Schools student population as of November, 2000 is 6,047 pupils.

Mansfield City Schools as of the 2000-2001 school year occupies and maintains:

   2 buildings for Mansfield Senior High at West Park Blvd. and Cline Avenue;

   2 middle school buildings, John Simpson and Malabar;

   10 elementary Schools, Brinkerhoff, Carpenter, Hedges, Newman, Prospect,    Ranchwood, John Sherman, Stadium,             Springmill, and Woodland;

   The Alternative School located in the Ocie Hill Neighborhood Center:

   West Fifth Street School which houses the Adult Basic Education and Adult Vocational

       Programs, the Library Media Center, and the Custodial, Maintenance, and Plant Services

       Department;

   Athletic Field at Arlin Field;

   The Raemelton Center which houses pupil services and vocational education;

   The Transportation Center for storage and maintenance of buses, etc.;

   The Central Office Building

Information courtesy of Mansfield City Schools, Central Office                                    Back to Home