’48 hours of chaos’: Akron teachers union criticizes superintendent over school safety

Akron Public Schools’ educators union says the schools are “not safe” after a student stabbing of another student, a fight and a bomb threat at three separate schools in the district this week.

“The violence is real. It is not overstated, exaggerated or imagined,” the Akron Education Association said in a press release Wednesday evening. “We believe that Superintendent Christine Fowler Mack has failed students, parents and teachers. The Akron community deserves more.”

School safety has been a key issue in ongoing contract negotiations with Akron teachers.

Read more on the Akron Beacon Journal.

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