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Contact us at apsnews@apslearns.org if you have a question or need more information. 

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:

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

Curriculum and Instruction (continued)

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
330.761.2945
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

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

PTA
Tanya Nicholson
www.akroncouncilofptas.org

Registration (K-12)
call school

Report cards (K-12)
call school

Safety & Security
Donald Zesiger
Safety and Security
330.761.2731
dzesiger@apslearns.org

Safety Hotline
800.418.6423, ext. 359

Scholarships
Yvonne Culver
330.761.3032
yculver@apslearns.org

School assignment
330.761.2735 or 330.761.2742

School closings
Debra Foulk
Business Affairs
330.761.2805
dfoulk@apslearns.org
or local radio stations

School Improvement
Keith Liechty-Clifford
330.761.3116
kliechty@apslearns.org

School lunch/breakfast program
Laura Kepler
Child Nutrition
330.761.1335
lkepler@apslearns.org

SOAR
Rebecca Green-Pallotta
330.761.7971
rgreen3@apslearns.org

Special Education Transportation
Sherry Johnson
330.761.3146
sjohnso2@apslearns.org 

Special permits
330.761.2734

Specialty Programs
330.761.7933

Student & Family Services
Dr. Wanda Lash
330.761.2734
wlash@apslearns.org

Student behavior (disciplinary actions, Juvenile Court, suspension and expulsion referrals, truancy - appointments)
Rebecca Jenkins
330.761.2742
rjenkins@apslearns.org

Student behavior (Code of Student Behavior)
330.761.2734

Student behavior (Pupil Adjustment Program)
Child Study
Erich Merkle
330.761.2830
emerkle@apslearns.org

Summer School (Secondary)
330.761.7948

Summer School (Elementary)  330.761.3075

Superintendent
Dr. C. Michael Robinson
330.761.2920
mrobinson@apslearns.org

Assistant Superintendent/Chief Academic Officer
Dr. Tamea Caver
330.761.2804
tcaver@apslearns.org

Television shows
Mark Williamson
Communications
330.761.2930
maw45602@apslearns.org

Title 1
Keith Liechty-Clifford
School Improvement
330.761.3116
kliechty@apslearns.org

Transcripts, current students
Contact your school counselor

Transcripts, former students
Terrance Robinson
330.761.2913
trobinso2@apslearns.org

Transportation
Justin Miller
330.761.1390
jrm30702@apslearns.org

Volunteers
Stancy Sykes
Family and Community Engagement
330.761.1680
sls45869@apslearns.org

WAPS 91.3FM The Summit
Tommy Bruno
330.761.3095
tbruno@apslearns.org

Work permits
Sondra Shephard
330.761.2763
sshephar@apslearns.org