Akron Public Schools Superintendent Christine Fowler-Mack said Monday evening that the school district is moving to routine use of metal detectors and backpack checks in all middle and high schools after two schools were locked down Monday due to a student carrying a gun.
The Akron Education Association blasted Fowler-Mack's leadership following a student's stabbing, a fight the required a response by Akron Police and a bomb threat against a school.
DOWNTOWN AKRON During the Nov. 28 meeting of the Akron Public Schools (APS) Board of Education, two parents of APS students spoke about the ongoing issue of violence in the schools. The first parent said she has withdrawn both of her children from the district following a physical attack on one of them by
Akron Public Schools and its teachers union aren’t seeing eye to eye on issues like teacher pay and how the district defines student assaults, according to a copy of a fact finder’s report released by the school district recently amid ongoing negotiations.