Parma City Schools

The move comes despite the school district being rebuffed by voters on new operating money four times in the last three years.

The change comes as the district appears to be serving a greater share of students in poverty than ever before.

Parma school officials were put in the hot seat during an emergency board of education meeting held over the weekend, revolving around the planned demolition of Parma Senior High School, which could now be put on hold.

Parma City School District's Board of Education voted unanimously last week to allow trained staff to carry guns on school property, roughly a year after Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law allowing school districts to adopt policies to do so.

Some Parma residents are hoping Parma City School District will halt demolition of Parma Senior High School, both through a demand letter sent to the district and a petition.

Parma City School District is again trying to win over voter support for a bond issue that will be on the ballot in May, meant to fund construction of a new high school.

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.

A Parma City School District Board of Education member has resigned after she was arrested on a charge of forgery last week.

Amanda Karpus, the vice president of the board of education, was arrested Wednesday and appeared in Parma Municipal Court, where the case was bound over to Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. She was released on her own recognizance.

Public schools across Ohio have seen numbers of meals provided to kids plummet since the waiver expired and parents, advocates and politicians are seeking solutions to feed kids.