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Student representative asks for sports and clubs at Akron Early College; parents raise cheer team mistreatment and discipline concerns
Summary
Akron Early College student board representative Shaila Davis urged the board to allow more sports, establish a DECA adviser and fund more college visits. Separately, parents of a Bookdale Cluster cheerleader told the board the girl was singled out and excluded from games; they asked for district follow-up.
Shaila Davis, the Akron Early College student representative, asked the Akron Board of Education to authorize sports teams, a DECA adviser and funding for broader college visits at her small school.
Davis told the board that Akron Early College offers opportunities to earn college credit but lacks many sports and competitive clubs. She described the school as “intimate” and said students would benefit from an expanded slate of athletics — basketball, volleyball, track and soccer — and a DECA program with a designated…
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