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Dara Templeton, CEO of Templeton Transportation, discusses a lack of a contract for her company with Akron Public Schools for the 2026-27 school year during an Akron Board of Education meeting on Monday, June 22, 2026.

Akron schools picks one van provider, leaving dozens of other drivers in limbo

by Carissa Woytach June 24, 2026June 23, 2026

Many of Buckeye Logistics & Transit’s drivers previously transported APS students for years as independent contractors.

In recent years, older buildings owned by the Akron Public Schools have typically been the ones chosen to be closed. That trend may end soon as the district is faced with large budget deficits and shrinking enrollments, but has newer buildings. Firestone Park Elementary, top left, Pfeiffer Elementary, top right, and the Conrad Ott building are all examples of older buildings that were or will be closed by APS.

Akron’s community learning centers are more than neighborhood schools. What happens if one closes?

by Carissa Woytach June 15, 2026June 15, 2026

As Akron Public Schools faces a potential deficit of $37 million in the 2028-2029 school year, the prospect of closing school buildings — a topic not under discussion yet among school officials — looms large. Akron schools served just under 20,000 students this year and is projected to lose another 2,000 kids by the end of the decade as the city’s population continues to decline and families opt for other education options.

Akron Public Schools is shrinking. Why building closures may follow

by Carissa Woytach June 11, 2026June 16, 2026

Buchtel Community Learning Center Campus Principal LaCresia Denson (left) listens to cosmetology instructor Robert Denson, who is also her husband, (right) talk about the school’s cosmetology career pathway program on Tuesday, April 7, 2026.

Buchtel CLC families say their principal improved the West Akron school. They want her to stay

by Carissa Woytach June 10, 2026June 11, 2026

This illustration shows seven registered sex offender addresses within a half-mile, or 1,320 feet, (blue circle) of I Promise School, located on West Market Street in Akron’s West Hill neighborhood as of June 2. The school was not listed as a restricted property for people on the sex offense registry until this spring. (Kevin Dilley / Signal Akron)

Ohio restricts where sex offenders can live. So why are some near Akron’s public schools?

by Carissa Woytach June 8, 2026June 9, 2026

Students in Akron Public Schools' four elementary schools in the East Cluster have the highest chronic absenteeism rates in the district, which meant they missed at least 10 percent of instructional time for any reason. That’s equal to about two to three days a month or about 18 to 20 days in a typical school year. This includes Seiberling Community Learning Center, shown here, where the rate is 48 percent. The. schools will be the focus of a pilot program between Akron After School. and the Akron Area YMCA.

Fighting absenteeism will be focus of East Cluster pilot program between Akron After School and YMCA

by Abby Cymerman and Akron Documenters June 4, 2026June 3, 2026

The Akron Public Schools administration building in downtown Akron. (Ryan Loew / Signal Akron)

Why Akron schools fired a supervisor who entered an office after hours

by Carissa Woytach May 28, 2026May 28, 2026

Stacey Hodoh (center, wearing a striped blouse), the new director of communications for Akron Public Schools.

Akron Public Schools’ spokesperson placed on administrative leave

by Carissa Woytach May 13, 2026May 13, 2026

The Akron Public Schools administration building in downtown Akron. (Ryan Loew / Signal Akron)

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Akron Public Schools reaches settlement with sexual harassment victim

by Carissa Woytach May 13, 2026May 13, 2026

Akron Board of Education members on Monday, May 11, 2026, approved $11 million in reductions to the upcoming school year’s budget, with Rene Molenaur, the board’s vice president, the sole dissenting vote.

Akron Public Schools approves $11 million budget reduction for upcoming school year

by Carissa Woytach May 12, 2026May 20, 2026

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