Bookended by Akron’s safety forces, hundreds of Akron Early College High School students paraded up South Main Street from near the Polsky Building to Lock 3, waving signs and pom poms in celebration of the school’s latest academic feat. The specialty school received five stars on the latest state report card and was the top-performing public high school in Ohio for the third consecutive year.
Author Archives: Carissa Woytach
Education Reporter
Carissa Woytach joins Signal Akron to cover education after working at The Chronicle-Telegram in Lorain County for nearly a decade. Prior to that, she worked in St. Joseph, Michigan. She aims to focus on the impact schools have on the students, staff, families and communities they serve. She wants to highlight the good of local districts, while bringing to light the issues within them. She holds bachelor's degrees in journalism and photography from Cleveland State University. When not working, she can be found keeping track of her three cats, Buddy, Honey and Denali and wasting film throughout Northeast Ohio.
