The Akron Beacon Journal’s front-page headline on Tuesday read, “Why are all these parents so happy? First day of school brings joy in Summit County.” Unfortunately, that was not the case in the county’s largest district, Akron Public Schools. Initially, APS announced a blended program for the fall. Pre-school through third grade students would have […]
Month: September 2020
Launching into the first COVID fall semester
Panicky scenarios are the main fare of my brain’s nightly programming. As both a parent of elementary and college-aged students and a faculty member at the University of Akron, the screenwriter of my dreams has plenty of material with which to work. My eldest son, Claude, is now at the George H.W. Bush School of […]