Jennifer Pignolet

Akron

Education Reporter at Akron Beacon Journal

Professional Storyteller. Education reporter @beaconjournal via Memphis/Butler University/Cleveland. Happiest during baseball season. She/Her

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APS voted to keep more than 100 administrators for the next school year

1 week ago | beaconjournal.com | Alisson Toro-Lagos |Jennifer Pignolet

More than 100 administrators in Akron Public Schools will have jobs a month from now after the Akron Public Schools board fixed an earlier misstep. The board on May 30 rescinded a May 26 vote that denied 112 administrators a contract for next school year. They then voted to approve all the contracts, which start July 1. The specially called meeting May 30 was short but necessary to inform employees they would in fact still be employed.
Akron school board rejected contracts of 112 administrators. Now what?

1 week ago | beaconjournal.com | Jennifer Pignolet

The Akron Public Schools board will meet a second time in the same week to vote again on the contracts of 112 administrators. The board voted 5-0 on May 27 to reject a series of one- and two-year contracts for deans, principals, coordinators, assistant principals and upper-level administrators — up to and including the district's assistant superintendent. But the board will come back May 30 at 5:30 p.m., a Friday evening, to vote on the same item again.
Van drivers who formed new company will keep driving Akron kids to school

1 week ago | beaconjournal.com | Jennifer Pignolet

Akron Public Schools transports 1,400 students every day by van, including those experiencing homelessness and those with significant disabilities. APS agreed to contract with a company that was formed by a van driver who worked to unite the other drivers on individual contracts. APS will use both Buckeye Logistics and Templeton Transportation to transport some of the city's most vulnerable children next school year. The hometown team brought home the win.
Akron Public Schools board approves superintendent contract with Mary Outley

1 week ago | beaconjournal.com | Jennifer Pignolet

The Akron Public Schools board on May 27 locked in its new superintendent for the next three years. The board approved, with a 5-1 vote, a contract for Interim Superintendent Mary Outley, a Buchtel High School alum, to lose the "interim" label. Outley will make a base salary of $240,000 a year, the same as her predecessor. The board released the document following the vote.
Proposed state budget would cut $44M from Akron Public Schools funding over 5 years

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jennifer Pignolet

The financial forecast in Akron Public Schools is taking a hard hit from the proposed state biennial budget.
Proposed state budget would cut $44M from Akron Public Schools funding over 5 years

2 weeks ago | beaconjournal.com | Jennifer Pignolet

The draft of House Bill 96 means less money for Akron Public Schools over the next five years. The district is eating into its reserves despite recently passing a levy, but is still in better shape than many other districts, the treasurer said. The state budget uses 2022 cost figures, which are now outdated, to calculate funding for schools. The financial forecast in Akron Public Schools is taking a hard hit from the proposed state biennial budget.
'Figure out where you can be the most powerful': Two congresswomen talk being in minority

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jennifer Pignolet

As Democrats in the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, and Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, know the reality of being in the minority. Likely no bill they put forward that addresses issues they care about will ever see the floor of the House for a vote. But they haven't given up on making a difference, they told a packed room at the John S.
Woman in critical condition following house fire on Annadale Avenue in Akron

2 weeks ago | beaconjournal.com | Jennifer Pignolet

A woman was in critical condition following a fire at a home on Annadale Avenue in Akron on May 17. Akron Fire personnel were dispatched to the house, located between East Buchtel Avenue and East Exchange Street, at about 8:45 a.m. They found heavy smoke and fire coming from a 2 1/2-story duplex apartment structure, according to a release from the Akron Fire Department.
'Higher ed is a bit under attack': UA's unconventional leader reflects on 1st year on job

3 weeks ago | the-review.com | Jennifer Pignolet

R.J. Nemer may have been new to academia when he became the dean of the College of Business at the University of Akron, and then just two years later became the university's president in May 2024. What wasn't new for him: believing in the value of higher education. "I wouldn't be where I was without UA," Nemer said during a recent interview in his office at Buchtel Hall.
'Higher ed is a bit under attack': UA's unconventional leader reflects on 1st year on job

3 weeks ago | cantonrep.com | Jennifer Pignolet

R.J. Nemer may have been new to academia when he became the dean of the College of Business at the University of Akron, and then just two years later became the university's president in May 2024. What wasn't new for him: believing in the value of higher education. "I wouldn't be where I was without UA," Nemer said during a recent interview in his office at Buchtel Hall.

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