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The Akron Public School District has decided to offer the job of new superintendent of schools to Christine Fowler-Mack.  If she accepts, Fowler-Mack will take over for retiring Superintendent David James at the end of June. She would be the first woman to lead the school district since its creation in 1847.  After much discussion, the decision by the Akron School Board came on Thursday night, following 30-minute virtual interviews with Fowler-Mack and the other finalist in the process, Sandy Womack Jr.  Both finalists are graduates of the Akron Public School District, with Fowler-Mack ...

AKRON, Ohio – Akron’s Board of Education voted Monday to move up its reopening schedule by one week to allow for an in-person learning option for all students by March 15, rather than March 22. The unanimous vote came during the board’s first meeting since Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine criticized Akron Public Schools as one of a handful of districts in the state that administered the coronavirus ...

Akron school officials are looking into whether they can return to in-person classes sooner than planned; a small committee of legislators could overrule the Ohio governor’s health orders under a bill approved Wednesday by the state Senate; a report finds that nearly one out of 10 bills introduced by Ohio lawmakers are criminal justice-related; and more stories.

How to get a coronavirus vaccine? Ohioans must find it themselves: The Wake Up for Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com © Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com/Joshua Gunter, cleveland.com/cleveland.com/TNS Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday that local agencies would be releasing information on the next phase of the vaccination plan today and Thursday. Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. Weather Temperatures will be mild today, with highs in the low 40s, and the sun should make an appearance ...