Where to Call

Where to Call for Information

Contact us at apsnews@akron.k12.oh.us if you have a question or need more information.

• Absences/Tardies, call school
• Adult Education:
  
  • Akron Alternative Academy,
    Rebecca Green-Pallotta, 330.761.1609
  • Evening High School,
    Diane Zupke or Minnie Carter-Page, 330.773.2417
  • School of Practical Nursing,
    Barbara Dawson, 330.873.3355
• After-School Care, Community Relations, Carla Sibley, 330.761.3297
• Akron After School, Desiree Bolden, 330.761.3155
• Akron Digital Academy, LaShawn Terrell, 330.237.2200
• Akron Early College High School, Marilyn Bennett, 330.972.6450
• Akron Opportunity Center, Rebecca Green-Pallotta, 330.761.1604
• Akron Plan, Student/Counselor Services, Leonard Jackson, 330.761.2738
• Akron STEM High School, Larry Johnson Jr., 330.761.7965
• AkronReads, Community Relations, Carla Sibley, 330.761.3297
• Alternative Programs, call school
• Ask Gilby®, Communications, Ryan Dumont, 330.761.3097
• Athletics, Joseph Howard, 330.761.2755
• Attendance, Student/Counselor Services, Sandra Coddington, 330.761.2743

• BECOME Program, Community Relations, Carla Sibley, 330.761.3297
• Board Meetings, Superintendent's Office, Marilyn Clackler, 330.761.2921
• Board Members:
  
  • Bruce Alexander, 330.761.7972
  • Patrick Bravo, 330.761.7977
  • Jason Haas, Vice President, 330.761.7971
  • Lisa Mansfield, 330.761.7973
  • Tim Miller, 330.761.7978
  • Veronica Sims, 330.761.7976
  • Rev. Dr. Curtis T. Walker, Sr., President, 330.761.7974
• Board Policies, General Counsel, Rhonda Porter, 330.761.2911
• Building Construction, Facility Planning/Capital Improvement, Paul Flesher, 330.761.2960
• Building Permits, Business Affairs, Becky Sims, 330.761.2806
• Business Affairs, Debra Foulk, 330.761.2805
• Bus Passes – Akron Plan, Student/Counselor Services, 330.761.2738
• Bus Schedules, call school

• Career Education, Howard Lawson, 330.761.3130
• Career Education Classrooms at Central-Hower, Dental Program, 330.761.7968
• Career Education Classrooms at Central-Hower, Transition to Work Program, 330.761.7969
• Child Custody Concerns, Student/Counselor Services,330.761.2734
• Child Nutrition, Laura Kepler, 330.761.1335
• Communications, Leah Nemeth, 330.761.2930
• Community Relations, Carla Sibley, 330.761.3297
• Counselors, Student/Counselor Services, 330.761.2734, or call school
• Curriculum and Instruction:
  
  • Curriculum and Instruction, Ellen McWilliams, 330.761.2925
  • Elementary, Mary Outley-Kelly, 330.761.3075
  • Secondary, Mark Black, 330.761.3079
  • Teaching and Learning, Karen Gegick, 330.761.3107
  • Learning Specialist – Fine Arts, Julienne Hogarth, 330.761.3189
  • Learning Specialist – Foreign Language, Paula Shafer, 330.761.3114
  • Learning Specialist – Language Arts, Toan Dang-Nguyen, 330.761.3109
  • Learning Specialist – Library/Media Services/Instructional Technology, Martha Godward, 330.761.3045
  • Learning Specialist – Mathematics, Stephen Miller, 330.761.3112
  • Learning Specialist – Science, Katrina Halasa, 330.761.3117
  • Learning Specialist – Social Studies, Adam Motter, 330.761.3034

• Dental Sealant, Student/Counselor Services, 330.761.2741

• Expulsion/ Suspension Referrals, Student/Counselor Services, Darlene Davis, 330.761.2742

• Gifted & Talented Programs, Sharon Hall, 330.761.3069
• Graduation, Curriculum and Instruction – Secondary, Mark Black, 330.761.3079

• Home Instruction, Special Education, Jennifer King, 330.761.3123
• Home Schooling, Student/Counselor Services, Christine McClure, 330.761.2735
• Human Resources, Kathy McVey, 330.761.2945

• Library/Media Services/Instructional Technology, Martha Godward, 330.761.3045

• NIHF ... STEM School, Traci Buckner, 330.761.3195

• Open Enrollment, Marianne Malecky, 330.761.2816

• Police-In-The-Schools, Student/Counselor Services, 330.761.2819
• Post-Secondary Options, call school or 330.761.3079
• Proficiency/Ohio Graduation Testing, Testing, Research and Evaluation, Patricia Agble, 330.761.3066
• Project RISE, Debra Manteghi, 330.761.2969
• PTA, Nancy Laria, 330.761.1625

• Registration (K-12), call school
• Report Cards (K-12), call school

• Safety Hotline, 800.418.6423, ext. 359
• School Assignment, Student/Counselor Services, 330.761.2735, 330.761.2738 or 330.761.2742
• School Closings, Business Affairs, Debra Foulk, 330.761.2805, or local radio stations
• School Improvement, 330.761.3111
• School Lunch/ Breakfast Program, Child Nutrition, Laura Kepler, 330.761.1335
• School Principals
• Security, Student/Counselor Services, 330.761.2734
• Special Education, Transportation, Mary Hale, 330.761.3154, or Nicole Kiser, 330.761.1393
• Special Permits, Student/Counselor Services, 330.761.2734
• Student Behavior (Disciplinary Actions, Juvenile Court, Suspension & Expulsion Referrals, Truancy – Appointments), Student/Counselor Services, Darlene Davis, 330.761.2742
• Student Behavior (Code of Student Behavior), Student/Counselor Services, 330.761.2734
• Student Behavior (Pupil Adjustment Program), Student/Counselor Services, Erich Merkle, 330.761.2830
• Summer School (secondary), Curriculum & Instruction, Ginelle Rasnick, 330.848.4141
• Summer School (elementary), Curriculum & Instruction, Mary Outley-Kelly, 330.761.3075
• Superintendent, David W. James, 330.761.2920
  
  • Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction, Ellen McWilliams, 330.761.2925

• Television Shows, Communications, Leah Nemeth, 330.761.2930
• Title 1, School Improvement, 330.761.3111
• Transcripts (Student), call school
• Transcripts (for those over 18 years old), Records, Kimberly Varvorines, 330.761.2917
• Transportation, Kathryn Kiehl, 330.761.1392

• Volunteers, Community Relations, Carla Sibley, 330.761.3297

• WAPS 91.3FM The Summit, Tommy Bruno, 330.761.3095
• Weapons, Student/Counselor Services, 330.761.2734
• Work Permits, Student/Counselor Services, 330.761.2738