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Cluster
Calendar
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Click on the calendar below to see a list of events relating to the
schools of the East Cluster.
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East Cluster Sports
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News
♦ The Ohio High School Athletic Assoc. has
announced
the division breakdowns for spring sports.
East will participate in Division IV in baseball, Division III in softball, and Division II for track & field.
Baseball
Varsity
East 11
Buchtel 8
Tues., Apr. 29
5:00 p.m.
vs. Garfield
at Prentiss Park
Softball
Varsity
East 1
Canton McKinley 20
Mon., Apr. 28
5:00 p.m.
vs North
at Reservoir Park
Middle School
Mon., Apr. 28
4:30 p.m.
at Innes
Boys Track
Varsity
Mon., May 5
5:00 p.m.
vs. North
at Ellet
Middle School
Wed., Apr. 30
5:00 p.m.
vs. Litchfield
at Ellet
Girls Track
Varsity
Mon., May 5
5:00 p.m.
vs. North
at Ellet
Middle School
Wed., Apr. 30
5:00 p.m.
vs. Litchfield
at Ellet
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Thank You
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Thanks to the following organizations and individuals who made
contributions to the schools of the East Cluster:
• St. Hilary Parish donated $1,200 for the baseball program at East.
Value of the donation is $14,035.
• The following donated a total of $425 towards expenses of East's spring musical:
▪ Sports Xpress;
▪ Gilcher Chiropractic;
▪ Buckeye State Credit Union;
▪ Denise Broadwater;
▪ Handel's Ice Cream.
• Gail Campbell donated several items of women's clothing, valued at $220, for students in need at East.
• Michael Hayes donated $300 for spring sports programs at East.
• Myers Tire Supply donated 680 boxes of disposable gloves for use by the Auto Tech students at East.
Value of the donation is $14,035.
• Good Samaritan Hunger Center donated 440 snack bags for use by students at East.
Value of the donation is $1,320.
• The David & Cheryl Venarge Fund donated the following additional amounts to be used for basic
needs for women and children:
▪ $1,000 to Barber;
▪ $1,000 to David Hill;
▪ $2,500 to Mason;
▪ $1,000 to Seiberling.
• 100 Women Strong of Hudson donated 200 jackets, valued at $9,000, to students in need at East.
• IRG RC Hotel donated $3,600 worth of equipment for use in the weight room at East.
• Diana Tinker donated 30 electric sharpeners, valued at $900, to Barber.
• Akron HOPE donated 2 3D printers & 2 Cricut cutting machines for use by the students at Mason.
Value of the donation is $7,500.
• The University of Akron donated a MakerBot Replicator & 3D printer, valued at $1,500, to the
high school L.R.C. at East.
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Media Matters
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Seiberling's Leader of the Month
video
for December & January emphasizes "Think, Win, Win."
The Univ. of Akron's College of Engineering has issued a series of podcasts entitled Diverse Engineering hosted
by U. of A. grad, EbaNee Bond.
These podcasts celebrate the diverse voices and stories of U. of A. engineering graduates and seek to encourage more women and
other underrepresented groups of students to become engineers.
Listen to the podcasts
here.
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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
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Contact Us
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send us an e-mail.
East Cluster E-mail
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As a result of investigation
Superintendent Placed on Paid Leave
At a special April 15 meeting the Akron Board of Education voted 4-1 (two Board members abstained) to place Superintendent Michael Robinson on
paid leave.
Robinson has been under investigation for charges of creating a hostile work environment, and the
report
resulting from that independent investigation was reviewed at the special meeting.
Board President, Carla Jackson, stated, "The report indicated that there were multiple credible accounts of bullying, intimidation, and retaliation
by Superintendent Robinson against A.P.S. employees, including administrators and former A.P.S. employees."
Executive Director of Elementary Schools (and former Barber principal), Mary Outley, will serve as interim superintendent during Robinson's absence.
She previously served in that capacity prior to the hiring of Robinson.
A final decision on Robinson's employment status is expected to be presented at the next regular Board meeting on April 28.
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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.
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Looking for a Summer Job ?
Apply now
The Summit County Summer Youth Employment
Program
is now accepting applications for this year's summer jobs program.
To be eligible, you must be a Summit County resident between the ages of 16 and 18 as of June 1.
The eight week program begins on June 9. The summer work week will be 20 hours, and student employees will
earn $15 an hour for up to a total of $2,400 over the course of the program.
Interested applicants must apply
on line
and will be registered on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Got Something to Say ?
Put it in a podcast
The NPR Student Podcast
Challenge
began seven years ago with the purpose of giving students an opportunity
to share stories about their classrooms and their communities or to expound on a topic they feel strongly about.
Non-college submissions are open to students in grades 4-12. Entries have been eligible for submission since January 6 and must be
submitted by the deadline of May 2. Submissions can be any length between three and eight minutes.
Here
are all the rules and guidelines for the contest along with sample podcasts from previous winners.
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Akron Public Schools Passes
Five-year Budget Forecast
Includes $10,000,000 in cuts
At its December 9 meeting the Akron Board of Education
approved
a five-year budget forecast which it will submit to the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce.
The forecast includes $10,205,558.27 in cuts for next school year alone. This includes
$1,793,993 in cuts to the Dept. of Academics and a reduction of $1,103,608 to the Dept. of Student Services.
This forecast was due to the state by November 30, but Board members, at their November 25 meeting, pushed the
Administration for greater detail before it could vote to approve the measure.
Ohio school districts are required to routinely submit budget forecasts to the state in order to avoid state
oversight of a district's finances. Akron's failure to submit its forecast could have resulted in the
District being placed in a category of
"fiscal caution."
3/18/25 UPDATE:
The Akron Public Schools administration made a presentation to the Board of Education on March 17 giving greater
detail
as to how a $10.2 million reduction will be made in the District's budget prior to the beginning of next school year.
The proposal includes the elimination of 59 jobs.
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FAFSA Glitches Continue
If you are a household with a prospective college student and were planning to submit a FAFSA application soon,
you may want to reset your calendar.
Due to all the glitches, shortcomings, and failures in the FAFSA online system and at its call centers, the U. S.
Department of Education
announced
that the FAFSA application for the 2025-26 academic year will not be available until at least
December 1 instead of its normal launch date of October 1.
On September 24 experts from the U. S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
testified
before Congress as to the reasons for the problems, past and present, occurring with the FAFSA application process.
Here
is some additional information about the FAFSA problems.
11/18/24 UPDATE:
The long-delayed 2025-26 updated FAFSA application is now
available.
3/12/25 UPDATE:
In case you're wondering how the massive cuts to the U. S. Department of Education made by the Trump Administration might affect your ability to complete
your FAFSA form or get guidance from the Department, here are two reports:
BestColleges
Associated Press
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David Hill No Longer
Subject to Oversight
During the 2022 school year David Hill was placed under Comprehensive Support and Improvement
(C.S.I.)
status by the Ohio Department of Education.
Placement in CSI means that schools rank in the bottom 5% in academic achievement among all Ohio public schools receiving
Title I
funds. Improved academic performance at David Hill has removed them from CSI status.
Beginning this year, East has been placed in Targeted Support and Intervention
(T.S.I.)
status for a subgroup of students (Hispanics) performing academically in the bottom 2% of their peers across the state.
Here
are complete details as reported in the Akron Beacon Journal.
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East Getting Sterile
At its February 10 meeting the Akron Board of Education will
recommend
entering into a memorandum of
agreement
with the University of Akron to offer a Sterile Processing/Central Service Tech program to
interested students in the health care career pathway at East, Garfield, and North.
The cost to the District will not exceed $30,000.
The program teaches students the sterilization practices that will prepare them to become a
Certified
Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician. The curriculum includes instruction in microbiology, infection control, decontamination, manual and
mechanical cleaning, instrument inspection and assembly, sterilization procedures and methods, sterile storage, inventory control, material management, and distribution.
Sterile Processing Tech jobs are primarily available in hospitals and labs.
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I.C.E. Being Iced Out
of Akron Public Schools
Unless they have a warrant
In the wake of Donald Trump's sweeping order to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(I.C.E.)
to round up and deport those who may be in this country without proper authorization or those in their families, the Akron
Public Schools has issued its own
policy
regarding agents entering its schools.
To quote from the January 30 Akron Beacon Journal article:
"Akron Public Schools will allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement into schools, but only with a warrant, and
will not release any children into I.C.E. custody until the District's legal team is consulted, according to new guidance from the District released Thursday."
Here
is the above article in it entirety.
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School administration recommends
Ending Requirement
for School Uniforms
The administration of the Akron Public Schools is
recommending
to the
Board of Edcuation that the requirement foe school uniforms be permanently eliminated. This
would apply to students in kindergarten through grade 8.
Even if the school unifoms are no longer required, a
dress code
(see page 18) would still be in effect.
In recent poling, 70% of parents voted to eliminate the requirement for uniforms, while 91% of students in grades 5-8
voted to eliminate the requirement.
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Dr. Aaron Palmer
Helping Students Sew Up
a Future Career ?
In 2015 Summa Health began offering a hands-on medical exploratory
outreach
with a group of the Akron Public Schools. Since then, Summa Health's efforts have expanded to include
more students from Akron Public Schools and to include additional health systems throughout Greater Akron.
That initial program has evolved into the Future Healthcare Leaders' Summit. This year's demonstration
was held at the University of Akron.
One of the doctors participating in this year's outreach is Summa neurosurgeon and East High grad, Dr. Aaron Palmer.
Here
is his story as appearing in cleveland.com, and
here
is a report from Channel 5 News.
The photo below shows Dr. Palmer demonstrating suturing to students at this year's outreach.
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East
Cluster
Resources
For a list of resources helpful to residents of the East Cluster neighborhoods , click
here.
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