The East Cluster of schools in the Akron, Ohio, Public School System

	East Cluster Newsletter
East Cluster of the Akron Public School System • Akron, Ohio

East High East Middle Barber CLC David Hill CLC Mason CLC Robinson CLC Seiberling CLC

Cluster
Calendar

Click on the calendar below to see a list of events relating to the schools of the East Cluster.

East Cluster Sports

News
♦ On July 1 the Ohio High School Athletic Assoc. (OHSAA) issued season calendars for the following fall sports: Cross-country
Football
Volleyball

♦ On June 23 the OHSAA announced the division breakdowns for the 2025-26 basketball season.

The East girls will remain in Division IV while the boys will move up from Division IV to Division III.

♦ On June 12 the OHSAA announced changes to the state football playoffs for the 2025 football season.

The major change is that the number of playoff qualifiers for each region will be reduced from 16 to 12.

As stated below, East will remain in region 9 of Division III.

♦ The OHSAA announced on May 1 the division breakdowns for the 2025 football season.

East will remain in region 9 of Division III.

Thank You

Thanks to the following organizations and individuals who made contributions to the schools of the East Cluster:

• Dave & Daniel Duma of Duma Meats donated $1,000 worth of Butterball turkeys to Barber to use for the Turkey Bingo portion of Family Math Night.

• First Presbyterian Church of Hudson donated $700, to Barber to use for activities for Teacher Appreciation Week.

• Michael Hayes donated $1,000 to East to send four band members to the Univ. of Akron summer music camp.

• The City of Joy Enrichment Center donated $1,000, to Barber to purchase items for Barber's Cave, an area set aside for the teachers.

• DonorsChoose.org donated a rolling bookcase and books, valued at $189.37, to Seiberling.

• DonorsChoose.org donated schools supplies, valued at $189.03, to Seiberling.

• The Barbershop Harmony Society donated $150 for the Music Dept. East.

• The following donated items of clothing, valued at $242, for students in need at East:
▪ Igor Ljevaja;
▪ Fred Hawkins;
▪ Officer Auchberger.

• Kristie Schartiger donated $100 to the JRTOC drill team at East.

• Myers Tire Supply donated 545 pairs of Nitrile gloves for use by the Auto Tech students at East. Value of the donation is $14,037.

Media Matters

Seiberling's Leader of the Month video for April and May emphasizes "Find Your Voice."

State Report Cards

Every year the Ohio Dept. of Education (ODoE) issues a report card for every public school and school district in the state.

Over the years, ODoE has changed the grading system from a series of vague categories, to a letter grade, and now to a five-star rating system — the kind of rating system you might see when asked about your most recent pizza or the promptness of your latest Amazon delivery.

Here is the report card for the Akron Public School District for the most recently-completed school year. Below are the report cards for each of the East Cluster schools.

2023-24
Barber
David Hill
Mason
Seiberling
East High & Middle

Local College Info

Academic calendars

Univ. of Akron
Kent State
Stark State

Campus news

Buchtelite
Kent Stater
Stark State News

Campus tours

Univ. of Akron
Kent State
Stark State
Walsh Univ.

Admissions

Univ. of Akron
Kent State
Stark State
Walsh Univ.

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Saluting the

East Class of 2025

Congratulations to the East graduating class of 2025. Below are complete photos from the graduation ceremony held on June 2 at Ellet Stadium.

Album 1 Album 2

Honoring Seiberling Retirees

Pictured below are retiring Seiberling teachers, Felicia Cosper, Barb Fisher, Margaret Ruppert, and Lorine Napoli.

Summer Meal Program

The City of Akron and the Akron Public Schools are again this year offering a free summer meals program from June 9 through August 1.

The program ensures that all children under the age of 19 continue to receive nutritious meals on weekdays during summer break. All meal sites will be closed on June 19 and July 4.

All meal sites will offer lunch while all but one will also offer breakfast. East Cluster area meal sites are located at Joy Park, Mason Park Community Center, Vincent House, and Wingfoot Church. (Wingfoot Church is located at 1690 HIllside Terr., across the street from Reservoir Park.)

Due to the renovations taking place at Reservoir Park, that site will not be available for meals this summer.

The Akron summer meals program follows the guidelines of the National School Lunch Program.

Make the Most of
Summer Vacation

The Akron Public School System is offering a wide range of activities to keep its students busy over the summer through a program called The Summer Experience: Choose Your Summer Adventure.

Options range from mystery camps for elementary students to robotics camps for middle schoolers to music camps for high schoolers.

To explore these and dozens of other options for the summer, click here.

Smoother Running at East

Thanks to a grant awarded in the amount of $100,000 to the Akron Public Schools from Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, the battered dirt and cinder running track at East will be excavated and replaced with a rubberized, all-weather track. The new track will be similar to the one at Firestone C.L.C.

The grant was oficially accepted at the December 9 Board of Education meeting.

The first synthetic, all-weather track was developed in the mid 1950s, and the first time one was used in the Olympics was in 1968 at Mexico City. So you see, East is a little behind the curve but happy to catch up.

4/14/25 UPDATE:
At its April 14 meeting the Board of Education approved entering into a purchase agreement with Vasco Sports Contractors of Massillon to replace the cinder running track at East with a new asphalt track.

Per terms of the agreement, the total cost of the replacement must not exceed $225,567. Work is expected to begin later this spring.

6/19/25 UPDATE:
Work proceeds on resurfacing the track and replacing the football goal posts. According to Debra Foulk, Executive Director, Business Affairs for the school district, the upgrades at East should be completed during July.

Here are updates about the work at East as well as improvements being made to the stadiums at Buchtel and Kenmore.

Coming in August

Ohio Sales Tax Holiday
Has Been Expanded

Not just for school supplies any more

Since 2015, the Ohio sales tax holiday has lasted for three days in early August and was only applicable for the purchase of back-to-school supplies and clothing.

This year's sales tax holiday applies to almost all items of personal property priced at $500 or less. Examples include electronics, clothing, books, and sporting goods.

This year's sales tax holiday, which has been extended to two weeks, will be in effect from 12:00 a.m. Friday, August 1, through 11:59 p.m. Thursday, August 14.

Ohio Governor, Mike DeWine, stated, "This expanded sales tax break will help Ohio's families with back-to-school necessities as well as other substantial purchases during a time when so many household budgets are being strained."

So what kind of savings can be expected? The current rate of sales tax (combined state and local) in Summit County is 6.75%. A shopper making qualifying purchases of $500 would avoid paying $33.75 in sales taxes.

Complete guidelines for the sales tax holiday are available on the Ohio Deptartment of Taxation web site here.

Rotary Club Scholarships
for East Grads

Congratulations to the following members of the East Class of 2025 who have been awarded scholarships by the Rotary Club of Akron at its awards dinner April 29.