Jordan Greenwald Wants to Keep District's Standard of Excellence as School Board Member

Editor's Note: As part of North Canton Patch's local election coverage, we will provide profiles of each of the candidates running for office. These profiles will offer biographical and issue-oriented details about each of the candidates to help you, the voters, make more-informed decisions at the ballot box. We also will have a short video of each candidate that will help you learn more about them. Stay tuned for more coverage of the election.

And make sure to follow election news on our North Canton Elections Facebook page and keep checking back to our  which we'll be adding to as we continue reporting on this year's election.

Name: Jordan D. Greenwald

Age: 44

Occupation: Owner of GDK & Company, an Insurance and Benefits Firm

Education: BA Political Science – The Ohio State University

Political Affiliation: Republican

Office Sought: North Canton Board of Education

Previous Political Office Sought or Held: Current president of the North Canton Board of Education

Candidate Statement: I am currently serving as the president of the Board of Education. I have three kids in the system. My oldest, Alec, is a sophomore at , my middle son, Matthew, is going into seventh grade at the and my youngest, Joseph, is going into fifth grade at . 

During my term on the Board, we have put through an early retirement program, re-financed some long-term debt, we approved the addition of all-day kindergarten using a structure that saves several hundred thousand dollars. We have also negotiated a complete compensation freeze with the staff. 

We in North Canton like to say that we have an “AAA” district striving for excellence in academics, arts and athletics. We were recently ranked No. 357 in . What’s more impressive is that compared to the other 18 Ohio school districts in that listing, at $9,240. 

My goal going forward is to continue that long-established standard of excellence in those areas while also keeping an eye on the financial strength and long-term viability of the district.