About 10 people sat scattered across the auditorium at Garfield Community Learning Center — few enough to easily count. Most were teachers and administrators, along with an older couple who came on behalf of their grandchild.
Superintendent Mary Outley encouraged conversation, transforming the Akron Public Schools’ listening tour stop into an intimate discussion.
During previous events at Ellet Community Learning Center and North High School, Outley jokingly told listeners she was going to revert to her elementary school teaching days as she walked up aisles and past empty seats to introduce people and offer them a chance to share a statement, answer a question or ask something…