After 112 years

Farewell to Robinson

Ever since the 1912-13 school year, students have attended a Robinson Elementary, or, more recently, Robinson Community Learning Center.   However, the 2023-24 classes were the last to attend the school.   Why?

The Akron Public School's lease with the University of Akron on the Central-Hower building has expired and will not be renewed.   The latest occupants of that building, the STEM High School, needed to be relocated.

The decision was made by the administration and Board of Education for the school district to decommission Robinson as an elementary school and re-open the building this school year as the new home of the STEM High School.

Students who would have attended Robinson this year have been re-assigned to either David Hill or Mason.

NOTE: The Family Resource Center, previously located at Robinson, has been moved to David Hill.

The above photo pictures the original Robinson building as it looked in October 2004.