Absences/tardies
Call school 

After-school care
Stancy Sykes
Family and Community Engagement
330.761.1680, 
sls45869@apslearns.org

Akron After School
Karen Moore
330.761.3038
kmoore2@apslearns.org

Akron Early College High School
Tom O'Neil
330.972.6450
toneil@apslearns.org

Akron Plan 
Donald Zesiger
Safety and Security
330.761.2731
dzesiger@apslearns.org

Akron STEM High School
Dina Popa
330.761.7965
dpopa@apslearns.org

APS Online
330.761.3115

Ask Gilby^®
Ryan Rittenhouse
Broadcast Communications
330.761.3097
rdumont@apslearns.org

Athletics
Joe Vassalotti
330.761.7988
jvassalo@apslearns.org

Board meetings
Ruth Rieman
Superintendent's Office
330.761.2921
rrieman@apslearns.org

Board members:

• Diana Autry, President
  330.761.2874
  dautry@apslearns.org
   
• Carla Jackson, Vice-President
  330.761.2662
  cjackson@apslearns.org
   
• Bruce Alexander
  330.761.7972
  balexand@apslearns.org
   
• Summer Hall
  330.761.2871
  shall2@apslearns.org
   
• Rev. Gregory Harrison
  330.761.1661
  gharriso2@apslearns.org
   
• Dr. Rene Molenaur
  330.761.2663
  rmolenau@apslearns.org
• Barbara Sykes
  330.761.2873
  bsykes@apslearns.org

Board policies
Diana Feitl
330.761.2911
vnd410@apslearns.org

Building construction, facility planning/capital improvement
Debra Foulk
330.761.2805
dfoulk@apslearns.org

Building permits
Daphne Falasco
330.761.2806
dfalasco@apslearns.org

Business Affairs
Debra Foulk
330.761.2805
dfoulk@apslearns.org

Child custody
330.761.2734

Child Nutrition
Laura Kepler
330.761.1335
lkepler@apslearns.org

College and Career Academies of Akron
Marcie Ebright
330.761.2883
mebright@apslearns.org 

College Credit Plus (CCP)
Yvonne Culver
330.761.3032
yculver@apslearns.org

Communications
Mark Williamson
330.761.2930
maw45602@apslearns.org

Counselors
Stephanie Hammond
330.761.3023
shammond2@apslearns.org
or call school

Curriculum and Instruction

• APS Online
  Cheryl Paradise
  330.761.2820
  cparadis@apslearns.org
   
• Curriculum and Instruction
  Dr. Tamea Caver
  330.761.2804
  tcaver@apslearns.org

Curriculum and Instruction (continued)

• Elementary
  Mary Outley
  330.761.3075
  moutley@apslearns.org
   
• Secondary, High Schools
  Michelle Marquess-Kearns
  330.761.7948
  mmarques@apslearns.org
   
• Secondary, Middle Schools
  Larry Johnson
  330.761.1524
  ljohnso6@apslearns.org
   
• Teaching and Learning
  330.761.3107
   
• Fine Arts
  Dawn Wilson
  330.761.3189
  dwilson2@apslearns.org
   
• Foreign Language/ESL
  Loi Dang-Nguyen
  330.761.3114
  ldang@apslearns.org
   
• Language Arts
  Toan Dang-Nguyen
  330.761.3109
  tnguyen@apslearns.org
   
• Gifted and Talented Programs
  Diane Gearhart
  330.761.3108
  dgearhar@apslearns.org
   
• Mathematics
  Nicole Vitale
  330.761.3112
  nvitale2@apslearns.org
   
• Science/Health
  Katrina Halasa
  330.761.3117
  khalasa@apslearns.org
   
• Social Studies/Physical Education
  Adam Motter
  330.761.3034
  amotter@apslearns.org

Data/Accountability
330.761.2718

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) 
Carla Chapman
330.761.3297
cchapman@apslearns.org

Early Learning Program / Preschool
Elizabeth Senften
330.873.3396
esenften@apslearns.org 

Expulsion/Suspension referrals
Rebecca Jenkins
330.761.2742
rjenkins@apslearns.org

Graduation
Michelle Marquess-Kearns
Secondary Schools
330.761.7948
mmarques@apslearns.org

Home Instruction
TBD
330.761.3181

Homeschooling
Sondra Shephard
330.761.2763
sshephar@apslearns.org

Human Capital
330.761.2919
hr@apslearns.org

Library Media/Grants
Megan Mannion
330.761.3045
mmannion@apslearns.org

NIHF STEM High School
330.761.7965

NIHF STEM Middle School
330.761.3195

Open Enrollment
330.761.2810

PayHelp
330.376.3276
payhelp@apslearns.org

Police-in-the-Schools
Donald Zesiger
Safety and Security
330.761.2731
dzesiger@apslearns.org

Post-secondary options
Michelle Marquess-Kearns
330.761.7948
mmarques@apslearns.org
or call school

Proficiency/Ohio Graduation Testing, testing, research and evaluation
Patricia Agble
330.761.3066
pagble@apslearns.org

Project GRAD Akron
Jacqueline Silas-Butler
330.761.3056
jsilasbutler@projectgradakron.org

Project RISE
Shannah Carino
330.761.2969
scarino@apslearns.org