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The ban was expanded to 13 middle and high schools in the district in August.
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Some students in the Akron Public Schools can expect changes next year after the Akron Board of Education voted during a special meeting Wednesday night to approve a redistricting plan.
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Akron Public Schools Superintendent Michael Robinson says the district is moving to offer all-day pre-kindergarten starting with the next school year beginning fall 2024.
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Akron Public Schools will lose out on a $156,000 grant from the state of Ohio which would have funded a contract with a private company to provide after-school reading tutoring.
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Once, as a cub reporter, I got the bright idea of printing out Ohio’s entire 145-page Sunshine Law manual and made my own binder. I lugged that thing (it felt like it weighed as much as me) around for years, poring through it as I did rhetorical combat with public agencies to compel them to release information the public has a right to know.
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After lengthy discussion, the Akron Public Schools Board of Education decided to delay a final decision on moving forward with using Varsity Tutors to provide after-school tutoring on reading to students. The tutoring would be paid for by a $156,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Education
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The Akron Education Association has filed a grievance with Akron's Board of Education and is seeking to halt the district from hiring a private company to tutor students. It alleges the district is trying to outsource teaching positions.
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Akron Mayor Shammas Malik and Akron Public Schools Superintendent C. Michael Robinson Jr. said in a Jan. 11 release that the city and school district are collaborating to update the city's "School Travel Plan" to improve routes for students walking or biking to school.
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The school district is set to host meetings Monday at Firestone Park Elementary and Thursday East Community Learning Center to discuss changing district boundaries for schools along with the closure of some school buildings.
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A grant awarded to Akron Public Schools will help to address school violence in the district by training staff in restorative practices.