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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
♦ On June 23 the Ohio High School Athletic Assoc. (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.
East will remain in region 9 of Division III.
Football
Varsity
East 0
Hoban 52
Fri., Sept. 19
7:00 p.m.
at University School
Fri., Sept. 26
at Ellet
(Homecoming)
Junior Varsity
Canton South 2
East 28
Sat., Sept. 20
10:00 a.m.
vs. University School
at East
Middle School
East 14
Massillon 34
Wed., Sept. 17
5:30 p.m.
vs. Jennings
at Ellet
Cross Country
Boys
Tues., Sept. 16
5:00 p.m.
vs. North
at Goodyear Metro Park
Girls
Tues., Sept. 16
5:00 p.m.
vs. North
at Goodyear Metro Park
Volleyball
Varsity
Buchtel 0 games
East 3 games
Tues., Sept. 16
6:00 p.m.
at Garfield
Junior Varsity
Tues., Sept. 16
4:45 p.m.
at Garfield
Middle School
Mon., Sept. 15
4:30 p.m.
at Hyre
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Strike Up
the Band
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Alumni band informaton
band letter
Fri., Sept. 19
Deadline for alumni
band registration
Fri., Sept. 26
Joint bands rehearsal
5:00 at East
Fri., Sept. 26
Joint bands pre-game
6:45 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:
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority donated school supplies and personal care items, valued at $990, for students in need at Barber.
• The David & Cheryl Venarge Fund donated the following amounts to be used for starting
and maintaining a food pantry in the following Cluster schools:
▪ $2,500 to East HS;
▪ $2,500 to East MS;
▪ $1,000 to Barber;
▪ $1,000 to Mason;
▪ $1,000 to Seiberling.
• Michael Hayes donated $1,200 to East to be used as follows:
▪ $600 for the Athletic Dept.;
▪ $600 for the Marine Corps JROTC program.
• First Presbyterian Church of Hudson donated $700, to Barber to use for activities for
Teacher Appreciation Week.
• Michael Hayes donated $250 to East for away-game meals for the football team.
• 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.
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State Report Cards
Every year the Ohio Education & Workforce Dept. issues a report card for every public school and school district in the state.
Over the years, the grading system has changed from a series of vague categories, to a letter grade, and currently 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.
2024-25
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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See Who's Running
for Akron Board of Education
As of the August 6 deadline, nine candidates have filed with the Summit County Board of Elections to run for the four available seats
on the Akron Board of Education in this year's general election.
Election day is Tuesday, November 4.
Need to register to vote? Need to request an absentee ballot? Need to find out where to vote in person?
All this information is available on the Board of Elections
web site.
Here
are the nine school board candidates.
9/11/25 UPDATE:
There are two upcoming opportunities to hear and question these school board candidates. They are listed below:
October 8: Candidate debate
October 15: Candidate forum
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American Students
Losing Ground
The Nation's Report Card, issued by the National Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP),
was released on September 9, and the results are not very encouraging.
The NAEP report is a measure of student achievement throughout the nation's K-12 educational system.
Among the findings are a drop in science test scores for eighth graders and a drop in math and reading scores for twelfth graders.
Here
is the story, in print and audio, as reported on NPR.
9/15/25 UPDATE:
Speaking of report cards, the Ohio Education & Workforce Dept. has issued the report cards for the 2024-25 school year for all Ohio schools.
That article is in the left column of this web site.
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Honoring Frank Williams
Hall of Fame inductee
Frank Williams, East High Class of 1962, is being inducted into the Akron Public Schools Athletics Hall of Fame for his achievements
in track and field while in high school. The induction
ceremony
will be held on October 18.
Among his accomplishments: Williams tied for first place in the high jump at both the
1961
and
1962
Ohio High School State Meet finals.
Williams was also an outstanding forward on the basketball team at East and at Goodyear Junior High.
Williams, along with fellow East grad Frank Thompson, were members of the 1963-64 basketball
team
at the University of Akron which was runner-up in the NCAA College Division National Tournament.
Note: Even though they are being inducted for efforts at other schools, both Mike Buckner and Chuck Shuman are East grads.
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4 Cluster schools will be
Serving Up Better Nutrition
At its August 28 meeting the Akron Board of Education
accepted
a grant of $572,225.90 from the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Program.
The purpose of the grant is to provide fresh fruits and vegetables twice a week to selected elementary schools in the district.
All four East Cluster elementary schools — Barber, David Hill, Mason, and Seiberling — will be participants in the program.
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Akron Public Schools
Facing Shortages
The Akron Public School System is facing a shortage of teachers, of resource officers, and of students.
At its August 11 meeting, the Akron Board of Education announced that it is experiencing a total shortage of 162 educators across
47 of the district's buildings. This number affects 8% of all classroom positions.
This staffing shortage assumes greater urgency since the first day of school is August 21.
Also of concern to the Board is the fact that enrollment in the district has decreased by 697 students since the 2020-21 school year.
Here
is a detailed explanation of the situation.
At the same Board meeting, the school district and the City of Akron were unable to reach an agreement on a contract for resource officers
for the district's high and middle schools.
The resource officer program has traditionally employed a total of 14 members of the Akron Police Department.
The impasse exists because the Board wants building principals to have the authority to keep resource officers out of their buildings under certain
circumstances and to also have the ability to completely remove an officer from the program.
Here
is additional detail about that situation.
8/18/25 UPDATE:
Here's one problem solved. The school district and the city have agreed on a two-year
contract
to restore school resource officers to the district's high and middle schools.
East school resource officer, Officer Paul Achberger
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No More Cinders !
New track installed 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 has been excavated and replaced with a rubberized, all-weather track.
The work was done by Vasco
Sports Contractors of Massillon.
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.
Below are some pictures of the newly-installed track. Quite an improvement!
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View no. 6
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Akron Public Schools, Finney
Settle Lawsuit
Former East principal, Vyrone Finney, and the Akron Public Schools have
settled
Finney's wrongful termination lawsuit for $250,000.
Finney was
fired
from the school district in 2023 after being charged with hitting a student in the face. He was
acquited
of criminal charges but was fired for violating district policy.
Finney will receive only $50,000 of the settlement amout with the remainder going to his attorney.
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East Akron Landmarks
Demolished
The wrecking crews have been busy in East Akron lately.
The Goodyear, formerly East Akron, YMCA has been
demolished. The 1950 building served decades of East Akron and
Goodyear Heights families. There are currently no plans in place for the now-vacant property.
Also currently being
demolished
is the former Goodyear Junior High/Goodyear Middle School/original East High School building.
The structure was opened in 1918 and sat at 49 N. Martha Ave.
That site will be used to construct an affordable housing complex.
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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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