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CENTRAL-HOWER CLUSTER: Thursday, November 3, 5:30-8:00, Administration Bldg.

 

LITERATURE DROPS

 

CLUSTER            DATE                   TIME                    WHERE TO MEET

Buchtel             11/2-11/4          After school          At each school in cluster

Central-Hower    11/2                    3:30 PM                      Riedinger

                      11/2-11/3               2:45 PM                      Leggett

                        11/5                     8:30 AM           Central Hower (C-H, Lincoln, Mason) East                  11/5                     8:30 AM            East HS gymnasium (all schools)

Ellet                 11/5                     8:30 AM              Ellet HS back lot (all schools)

Firestone           11/5                     9:00 AM                Firestone HS (all schools)

Garfield               11/3                     2:30 PM                Garfield HS (all schools)

Kenmore              11/2                     3:00 PM                      Pfeiffer ES  

                        11/3                     3:00 PM                Rimer, Sam Salem, Lawndale

                        11/5                     9:00 AM          Kenmore HS (Margaret Park, Heminger,

                                                                                      Smith, Innes and Kenmore)

North                11/3                      2:30                          Bettes

                        11/4                      2:30                    Harris, Forest Hill, Findley, Jackson

                             11/4                            3:30                       North (Jennings and North)

                     

Akron teachers and other district volunteers made over 20,000 phone calls to likely Akron voters to urge support for Issue 78. Among the callers were (l to r) Lisa O’Rourke (Leggett), Cathy Kunkel (Barber), Kim Wilson (Barber) and Stu Langenbeck (East).

STRIDES CAPTAINS DELIVER

 

As was the case last year, Akron teachers and students turned out in large numbers for the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. AEA was one of five major sponsors of the event. We do not yet know how much AEA teams raised for the cause.

 

The success of this year’s effort is owed to those who served as volunteer building captains. The job included enlisting walkers, keeping track of pledges and contributions, and selling t-shirts and wrist bracelets. AEA salutes each of the following members for filling this important role:

 

High Schools

 

Linda Tedesco, Central-Hower Ernie Dontis, Garfield

Reggie Warner, East                             Bill Beck, Kenmore

Michele Whitehurst, Ellet                      Nicole Delahanty, North

Christine Milcetich, Firestone

 

Middle Schools

 

Charlene Panovich, Goodrich                Eleanor Campbell, Litchfield

Alisa Gross-Dann, Goodyear                Susan Yingling, Miller South

Melissa Finefrock, Innes                       Pat Bilal, Perkins

Julie Owens, Jennings                           Diane May, Riedinger

Lynn Fickes, Kent

 

Elementary Schools

 

Kelly Goodpasture, Barrett                   Andrea Lessem, King

Kathy Rodgers, Bettes                          Andrea Lambo, Lawndale

Devonna George, Betty Jane                 Harry Cameron, Lincoln          

Elaine Lewis, Betty Jane Annex            Ken Rocco, Margaret Park     

Sandy Wells, Case                               Judy Lalli, Mason

Denise Pantuso, Crouse                        Sally Hodge, McEbright

Janell Anderson-Brown, Erie Island      Ranay Hatherill, Pfeiffer

Paula Christensen, Essex                       Kathy Robbins, Portage Path   

Kathleen Shippy, Findley                      Gina Hohman, Rankin  

Martha Halley, Firestone Park               Sue Hinson, Ritzman    

Kathy Zarrilli, Forest Hill                       Dawn Blackburn, Robinson

Sharon Frounfelker, Harris                    Dan Bartel, Sam Salem

RaDonna Mair, Hatton                         Kim Joseph, Schumacher

Raffle Nets $370 for Strides

Members bought $370 in chances to win one of the five great prizes raffled at the Strides Walk. Below, Mary Austin, a breast cancer survivor, retired Akron teacher and Chairwoman of the AEA team, presents the winners with their prizes.

Jennifer Shaeffer (King), won a $50 Citgo Gasoline

Gift Card.

 

Central-Hower's Darlene Hensley shows off her

diamond and sapphire necklace.

 

Kathleen George's number was picked for a beau-

tiful gold bracelet. Kathleen teaches at Findley

Academy.  Below,  Meredith Gibbons (Harris) watches over her new 19-inch color television.

What’s Good for the Goose….

 

House Speaker Jon Husted plans to look into inaccurate attendance data reports in public school districts. That’s reasonable and understandable. But maybe he and other lawmakers in Columbus should also look into the testing habits of Dave Brennan’s White Hat Management Company and the Life Skills Centers it operates.

 

Brennan received $109 million last year from the state. Enrollment in his 16 Life Skills charter schools make the operation the ninth largest school system in Ohio.

 

According to the Ohio Federation of Teachers, Life Skills did not administer mandatory state tests to 6,206 of its 7,411 students, or 84%. By contrast, the percentage of untested students in Ohio’s urban school districts ranged from 3.9% in Cleveland to 0.7% in Akron. Eight of Brennan’s centers earned academic emergency ratings; the others were unrated for lack of sufficient reporting data.