Centerville
CITY OF CENTERVILLE
100 W. Spring Valley Road
Centerville, OH 45458
(937) 433-7151
Fax: 433-0310
E-mail: information@ci.centerville.oh.us
Web site: www.ci.centerville.oh.us
Gregory Horn, City Manager
Nathan Cahall, Economic Development Administrator
Date founded: 1796
Population: 23,210 (2007 Census Estimate)
Median age: 42.6
Persons under 18: 4,971
Persons over 65: 4,356
Number of households: 9,996
Median family income: $68,580
Size: 10.9 sq. miles
Roads in use: 107 miles
Residential housing permits issued: 67 permits, $2.9 million valuation
Commercial/industrial permits issued: 135 permits, $24.1 million valuation
Major intersection traffic counts (total entering into intersection/day):
Main & Franklin—47,000
Alex Bell & Far Hills—63,000
Whipp & Far Hills—51,000
Wilmington & Clyo – 46,000
Main & Spring Valley—45,000
Number of churches and synagogues: 11
Number of service clubs: 9
Major employers and number of employees:
Centerville City School District—1,384
Bethany Lutheran Village—650
Franciscan at St. Leonard—362
City of Centerville—250
Kroger—220
Miami Valley Hospital South – 200
Heartland of Centerville – 181
Other Major employers:
Elder Beerman
Voss Auto
Bob Ross Buick
Dimco Gray
RETS College
Michael’s Salon & Day Spa
Walker Auto Dealerships
Miami Valley South Health Center
CENTERVILLE CITY SCHOOLS
111 Virginia Avenue
Centerville, OH 45458
(937) 433‑8841
Fax: 438‑6057
Web site: www.centerville.kl2.oh.us
Dr. Tom Henderson, Superintendent
Mr. Mitch Biederman, Treasurer
BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS
John Doll- President
Bradley Evers
Karen Myers
Dr. David Roer
Jeff Shroyer, Vice President
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of Centerville City Schools, a community of learners, is to provide diverse educational opportunities that develop the skills, attitudes, knowledge and ethics needed to reach individual potential and create a foundation for lifelong learning.
DEMOGRAPHICS AND PROGRAMS
The Centerville City Schools serves both Centerville and Washington Township, a population of approximately 53,000 living in 22,000 single‑family homes, condominiums and apartments covering 32 square miles. The district, individual schools, students, and teachers have won a variety of state and national competitions and awards which have earned the district a reputation for excellence.
In addition to twelve school buildings, there are also a preschool located at Hithergreen Senior Center; an alternative high school program, the School of Possibilities, located at Rec West; an outdoor nature laboratory called Grant Nature Center; and a bus facility accommodating and servicing 115 buses. The district offers a variety of curricular programs to a diverse student population. Students in grades K‑5 are taught language arts, mathematics, science, social studies and health by the classroom teachers. Middle school students have the same curriculum, but also begin a foreign language in grade six. Instruction in French, German and Spanish continues at the high school, along with Latin, Chinese, and Arabic.
Centerville High School has three academic units. Students are offered a full and diverse curriculum within each setting. Students also benefit from various career programs and in addition have access to a unit guidance counselor and a career counselor.
SPECIAL NEEDS
Complementing the regular academic program are courses and programs for students who have special needs. The preschool has special needs students from age three interacting with regular education students in an elementary school setting. K‑12 instruction is provided to special needs students in the regular classroom and in resource rooms where special education teachers provide more individualized instruction and attention.
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT (as of October 2009)
High School 2,733
Middle School 1,926
Elementary school 2,407
K – 1 1,172
Preschool 109
TOTAL 8,347 students
2008-2009 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
State and National Awards
This year the Centerville City School District earned an “Excellent with Distinction” Rating ‑ the highest rating for Ohio’s school districts. The Centerville Schools met 30 of 30 standards based on student test achievement scores, the Ohio Graduation Test, and attendance and graduation rates. In addition, Adequate Yearly Progress was also achieved for all 10 sub groups, meeting the requirements of the No Child Left Behind federal legislation. The Centerville City Schools have received this top rating from Ohio for each of the eleven years in which it has been given.
CHS Science Olympiad team placed first in Ohio for the 7th consecutive year and 1st in the nation!
Magsig ScienceOlympiad team placed 1st in Ohio and 3rd in the nation!
- CHS captured the Greater Western Ohio Conference (GWOC) All-Sports Trophy. This year’s honor marks the 33rd time over the last 34 years that CHS has captured its conference all-sports trophy that rewards the overall performance of all athletic teams
- CHS has 16 GWOC championships
- Girls bowling finished 3rd at state competition.
- Girls swimming finished 3rd at state competition.
- Hockey finished in the Final Four at state Competition.
- Boys swimming finished 5th at state competition.
- Boys golf finished 7th at state competition.
- Boys cross country finished 8th at state competition.
- The CHS Band was the 2nd highest rated band in at the Bands of America Centerville Regional and was Bands of America Grand National Finalist, placing 9th nationally.
- The combined Concert and Symphonic Orchestras have had 9 Unanimous Superior Ratings at OMEA State Orchestra Adjudicated Events in the last 6 years.
- The Science Olympiad Team traveled to Augusta, Georgia on May 15th and competed against 47 states in 23 different categories. CHS has won the state title 18 times and placed in the top 5 nationally 11 times. This is the first time in 24 years the team placed first in the nation.
- U.S. News and World Report awarded Centerville High School with a silver medal in their second annual list of America’s Best High Schools.
Twenty-eight Centerville Destination Imagination teams competed in a March regional event, with ten teams moving on to state competition. Four teams qualified for Global competition, including two CHS teams, a team from Tower Heights, and a team from Magsig. The two CHS teams earned 3rd and 5th place at the Global event in Knoxville, Tennessee.
26 middle school students achieved “Recognized Scholar” status in the Middle School Scholastic Achievement Tests.
Numerous individual CHS students earned state and national recognition in academic, sports, debate, and athletic competitions.
Class of 2009 Academic Profile
The Class of 2009 was the 119TH graduating class of the now Centerville High School, with 683
graduating seniors. Seniors in the Class of 2009 earned academic honors that compare favorably to
any public or private school in the nation. The following are a few of the academic highlights of the Class of 2009:
26 seniors were recognized as National Merit Finalists or Commended Scholars.
196 seniors were inducted into the National Honor Society.
265 seniors earned the State of Ohio Honors Diploma.
229 seniors received the President’s Award for Educational Excellence in Achievement for maintaining a 3.5 grade point average and scoring in the 85th percentile or higher in math or reading on a standardized achievement test.
293 seniors received the State Award of Merit in the college prep curriculum and 20 seniors received the State Award of Merit Certificate in the career‑technical curriculum.
136 seniors achieved Scholar/Athlete status by earning a varsity letter and maintaining a 3.2 grade point average.
97.3% of the 2009 class were accepted to either two‑ or four‑year institutions of higher learning.
STAFF RECOGNITIONS
Jonathan Cooper, 4th grade teacher at Driscoll, was Centerville’s nominee for Ohio Teacher of the Year.
Mary Virkus – LaVanche was named Outstanding Teacher of the Year by the Centerville Education Foundation at the annual Hall of Fame Banquet.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
The CHS students, staff and community raised a total of $36,440 in the Spirit Chain competition that supported Adventures for wish kids. The annual competition with Fairmont High School has raised an unofficial total of over a million dollars since its inception twenty-four years ago.
Our middle and elementary students raised money for Paws for Pennies in support of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society; and Centerville High School track athletes collected over 4,800 books for Children’s Medical Center in the Race 2 Read campaign.
Centerville Schools again led all area schools in food collected for the Holiday Aid campaign that benefitted over 25,000 pounds to the Dayton Emergency Food Bank to feed the less fortunate in Montgomery County.
2/19/09
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
High School
Centerville High School
500 E. Franklin Street
Centerville, OH 45459
439‑3500
439‑3574 (fax)
Eileen Booher, Principal
School of Possibilities
965 Miamisburg‑Centerville Road
Centerville, OH 45459
438‑6092
438‑6095 (fax)
Craig Suttman, Coordinator
Middle Schools
Magsig Middle School
192 W. Franklin Street
Centerville, OH 45459
433‑0965
433‑5256 (fax)
Stacey Westendorf, Principal
Tower Heights Middle School
195 N. Johanna Drive
Centerville, OH 45459
434‑0383
434‑3033 (fax)
Clint Freese, Principal
Hadley Watts Middle School
7056 McEwen Road
Centerville, OH 45459
434‑0370
434‑2907 (fax)
Brian Miller, Principal
Elementary Schools (Grades 2 – 5)
Cline Elementary School
99 Virginia Avenue
Centerville, OH 45458
435‑1315
435‑3893 (fax)
Susan Duffy, Principal
Driscoll Elementary School
5767 Marshall Road
Centerville, OH 45429
434‑09562
434‑0393 (fax)
Sherley Kurtz, Principal
John Hole Elementary School
180 W. Whipp Road
Centerville, OH 45459
434‑0725
434‑0557 (fax)
Jeremy Miller, Principal
Normandy Elementary School
401 Normandy Ridge Road
Centerville, OH 45459
434‑0917
434‑0953 (fax)
Rebecca O’Neil, Principal
Stingley Elementary School
95 Linden Drive
Centerville, OH 45459
434‑1054
438‑6049 (fax)
Diana Keller, Principal
Weller Elementary School
9600 Sheehan Road
Centerville, OH 45458
885‑3273
885‑5092 (fax)
Theresa Gum, Principal
Primary Schools (Grades PreK – 1)
Primary Village North
6450 Marshall Road
Centerville, OH 45459
438‑6062
438‑6076 (fax)
Mindy Cline, Principal
Primary Village South
8388 Paragon Road
Centerville, OH 45458
312-1273
312-1274 (fax)
Stephanie Owens, Principal
Centerville Pre‑School
5900 Hithergreen Drive
Dayton, OH 45429
438‑6056
438‑6091 (fax)
Andrea Contestable, Coordinator
WASHINGTON-CENTERVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Centerville Library
111 W. Spring Valley Rd.
433-8091
e-mail: cvref@wcpl.lib.oh.us
Woodbourne Library
6060 Far Hills Ave.
(937) 435-3700
e-mail: cvref@wcpl.lib.oh.us
U.S. POST OFFICE
(45459)
99 Maple Avenue
1-800-275-8777
(937) 433-1514 FAX
OHIO MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE BUREAU
104 W. Spring Valley Rd.
435-5970
MONT. COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS
Title Office
108 W. Spring Valley Road
225-4480 ext. 629
PARKS AND RECREATION
Benham’s Grove
Banquet/Meeting/Rental
166 N. Main St.
433-1913
Stubbs Park
255 W. Spring Valley Rd.
433-7151
The Golf Club at Yankee Trace
10000 Yankee St.
Restaurant and Banquet 438-3585
Golf Shop 438-GOLF
Washington Township Recreation Center
895 Miamisburg Centerville Rd.
433-0130
Centerville-Washington Park District
221 North Main Street
433-5155
Hithergreen Senior Center of Centerville/Washington Township
5900 Hithergreen Drive
435-2415
(funded jointly with Washington Township)
CENTERVILLE-WASHINGTON TWP. HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Walton House Museum
89 W. Franklin St.
433-0123
Aaron Nutt Cottage
Local history & genealogy
78 N. Main St.
312-0040
Centerville-Washington Twp. Visitors’ Center
Asahel Wright Community Center
26 N. Main St.
291-2223
(partial funding provided by City of Centerville and Washington Township)
CITY PHONE NUMBERS
Centerville Police Services
433-7661
Emergency Fire/Police
911
Police Non-Emergency
433-7661
CENTERVILLE MUNICIPAL BLDG.
General City Number
433-7151
(All city services available through this general number)
- Refuse & Recycling Service
- Bldg. Inspection/Permits
- Income Tax
- Planning
- Zoning Code Enforcement
GOVERNMENT
Council meets at 8 p.m. on third Monday of each month
C. Mark Kingseed, Mayor*
449-5536
223-6705 (fax)
e-mail: Kingseed@coollaw.com
James E. Singer, Councilmember
433-6922
e-mail: jsinger@ci.centerville.oh.us
Douglas C. Cline, Deputy Mayor
431-7820
431-7805 (fax)
e-mail: dcline169@gmail.com
Paul M. Gresham, Councilmember
299-2339
299-3850 (fax)
e-mail: pedi10@aol.com
Belinda Kenley, Councilmember
434-4877
John Beals, Councilmember
433-6492
Brooks A. Compton, Councilmember
298-1054
293-1766 (fax)
e-mail: bcompton@mccmlawyers.com
Debbie James, Clerk of Council
433-7151
433-8221 (fax)
APPOINTED OFFICIALS
Gregory Horn, City Manager
Jennifer Wilder, Assistant to City Manager
Kristen Gopman, Assistant to City Manager
Stephen Walker, Chief of Police
Bill Gaul, Fire Chief
Rob James, Public Works Director
Steve Feverston, City Planner
Steven Hinshaw – Ph.D, Finance Director
Nathan Cahall, Economic Development Administrator
Doug Spitler, City Engineer
EVENTS/FESTIVALS
Americana July 4th Festival/Fine Arts Market
Garden Fest—Bicentennial in June
National Night Out Celebration—1st Tuesday in August
Summer Concert Series—Sunday’s in June, July, August
CHILD CARE CENTERS
Early Beginnings Child Care
5600 Clyo Rd.
436-9614
Kindercare Learning Center
951 E. Rahn Rd.
435-2353
Young Learners World
1200 Norwich Lane
433-5437
Explorations Child Enrichment Center
242 N. Main St.
434-1935
The Goddard School of Learning
9755 Dayton Lebanon Pike
886-0800
Primrose School
2550 E. Alex-Bell Road
Centerville, OH 45459
432-6000
Rainbow Child Development
6375 Clyo Road
312-1500
RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES AND ASSISTED LIVING CENTERS
Bethany Lutheran Village
6451 Far Hills Ave.
436-6850
Franciscan at St. Leonard
8100 Clyo Rd.
433-0480
Heartland of Centerville
1001 E. Alex Bell
436-9700
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The City of Centerville is primarily a residential community with a balanced mixture of single-family and multi-family homes. Employment and services are provided to residents by over 700 small to medium sized businesses. Currently, the most popular area for redevelopment is the Architectural Preservation District, which features an eclectic mixture of high-end retail shops, personal service businesses and restaurants.
* Chamber Board Representative