school levy

Akron Public Schools could put two school levies on the ballot as soon as spring 2024, officials said during a Board of Education meeting Monday night.

The Akron Board of Education is facing tough decisions and questions as it considers the future of some school facilities in the district.

This will be the district’s fourth consecutive attempt to get a bond issue approved, with the last attempt failing in November last year. The bond would be used to construct a centralized high school as the district looks to close two high schools to trim costs.

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb and outgoing Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon discussed what the future of education could look like in the city, and lessons learned from Gordon’s decade-plus tenure, during a conversation at the City Club of Cleveland Friday.

Akron Public Schools and its teachers union aren’t seeing eye to eye on issues like teacher pay and how the district defines student assaults, according to a copy of a fact finder’s report released by the school district recently amid ongoing negotiations.

As voter concerns about inflation continue to grow, several attempts to get new funding for school districts in Northeast Ohio fell flat, including in Parma and Nordonia. However, elsewhere, voters were more charitable, with plenty of school levy renewals passing and some other new-dollar requests getting approved.

School districts across Northeast Ohio have levies on the ballot this year for voters to consider. Getting those levies passed may be harder in some districts.

With dozens of school levies on the ballot in Ohio each year, it’s important for voters to understand what they’re voting for since they have a direct impact on property taxes and school funding.

It’s been eight years since Akron Public Schools passed a levy, making a new one a necessity even without the financial pressure of the COVID-19…

Ohio's auditor is warning school districts that are on the ballot to make sure they are not using taxpayer or state money to fund their…