Nearly 30,000 district employees will rally together this afternoon to announce a 3-day unfair practice charges strike, which will likely force the district to temporarily close with no remote instruction, according to Superintendent Alberto Carvalho.
And in the weeks that followed, school and district leaders faced intense criticism over their handling of the incident and potential red flags that preceded the violence, with at least two officials leaving their posts.
The negative impacts of the pandemic on education are numerous and exhausting but here's a surprise for superintendents and their teams: teacher appreciation did not suffer.
Swatting hoaxes this week led police to crash their cruiser through one school's front door while Vermont's governor likened the deeply disruptive pranks to terrorism.
The Akron Board of Education and the Akron Education Association, the union that represents the district's teachers, reached a tentative agreement Sunday night during a federal mediation session to avoid a strike that would have disrupted learning for more than 20,000 students
The mayor last year gave 12 weeks of paid parental leave to all 32,000 city employees. Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates says the same offer was made to CPS teachers and staff, something the mayor’s office denies.
The last time Akron teachers went on strike was 1989. It lasted nine days. At the time, Heather Pollock was a senior at Firestone High School. She remembers joining other students who picketed on behalf of teachers.
The union's announcement on Monday comes as negotiations around salary, health and welfare benefits, and changes to special education teacher responsibilities have hampered a deal.
