Akron Public Schools’ parents at King Community Learning Center say their children are distraught after four of their classroom teachers were pulled from the elementary school and relocated to other buildings in the district three weeks after the school year began.
The move was disruptive for dozens of students who were just getting used to their new teachers, said Haley Starvaggi, a parent of two students at King and president of the PTA at the school.
“The students, they were given about 48 hours of notice in many cases that they were going to be assigned a different teacher or a different classroom,” she said. “And for some of these students, I think that it was a pretty big adjustment, especially if they already struggle with anxiety around going to school…