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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 the 2025 football season.
East will remain in region 9 of Division III.
Baseball
Varsity
East 10
North 0
Div. IV
Sectional
Tournament
Thurs., May 22
5:00 p.m.
at Norton
Softball
Varsity
Division IV
Sectional
Tournament
East 0
Springfield 19
Season concluded
Middle School
Season concluded
Boys Track
Varsity
City Series
Championship
Sat., May 17
9:00 a.m.
at Ellet
Middle School
Season concluded
Girls Track
Varsity
City Series
Championship
Sat., May 17
9:00 a.m.
at Ellet
Middle School
Season concluded
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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:
• Michael Hayes donated $1,000 to East to send four band members to the Univ. of Akron
summer music camp.
• 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.
• Towpath Motors donated 300 chicken dinners, valued at $561.83, for the community dinner at Seiberling.
• DonorsChoose.org donated schools supplies, valued at, valued at $338, to Seiberling.
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Media Matters
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Seiberling's Leader of the Month
video
for April and May emphasizes "Find Your Voice."
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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
If you have questions, comments, or suggestions regarding this web site or its contents,
send us an e-mail.
East Cluster E-mail
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Superintendent Robinson Resigns
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.
4/23/25 UPDATE:
The Bricker Graydon law firm, the attorneys for the Akron Board of Education, has presented three
options
for the Board in dealing with the fate of Superintendent Michael Robinson: termination, resignation, or separation.
4/28/25 UPDATE:
At its April 28 meeting the Board of Education
voted
4-3 to accept the resignation of Superintendent Michael Robinson.
As part of the separation agreement, the Board voted to pay Robinson $200,000 to release the school district from any legal liabilities.
At the same meeting, the Board
voted
4-3 to officially appoint Acting Superintendent Mary Outley as permanent Superintendent. She has accepted the appointment.
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60+ Reunion Luncheon
The East High Alumni Association is inviting all "older" Orientals to the 11th annual 60+ Reunion Luncheon.
The event will take place on Thursday, June 12, at
Guy's
Party Center and is open to all East alum who graduated sixty or more years ago.
Here are complete details:
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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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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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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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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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