Akron Board of Education

The report contracted by Superintendent Michael Robinson, who took the helm in August 2023, assesses the current landscape and offers recommendations for improvement as the district transitioned leadership.

The Akron Board of Education voted during its Jan. 8 meeting to appoint new leadership, in a meeting where important decisions about the future of the district loomed large.

The Akron Board of Education will have some new faces starting next year with two new members and one returning member winning the three seats on this year's ballot.

Ideastream's reporters will discuss the local races and ballot issues voters will decide in this November's general election.

Eight candidates are vying for three open Akron Board of Ed seats in November. Just one candidates is an incumbent.

The Akron Board of Education voted 6-1 Wednesday to move forward with a search for a new superintendent despite concerns from one board member and some in the community.

Parents, teachers and elementary-school aged students at Leggett Community Learning Center in Akron - including some refugee families - showed up in large numbers to Board of Education meetings Monday and Wednesday this week, asking the board not to displace them from their building.

The Akron Board of Education Monday night chose a new Board of Education member after former board member N.J. Akbar left for a new job in early April.

A group of about 40 parents, teachers and students gathered outside the National Inventors Hall of Fame Middle School Thursday in downtown Akron for a rally to try to save the school from being moved.

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.