Mary Outley took a surgical approach to the Akron Public Schools’ budget, lopping off $1 million by requiring the district to use the Chromebooks it has before buying new ones and suggesting the district would save $200,000 if athletes traveled on school buses instead of charter buses.
The proposed cuts amount to $11 million in savings, more than the $10.5 million in deficit spending the district projected for the 2026-2027 school year — and there are no large-scale employee cuts as part of the plan.
But from now on, the superintendent said, the reductions are likely to dig deeper…