Several dozen residents, school staff and students protested outside Pfeiffer Elementary School in Akron's Kenmore neighborhood Tuesday, chanting "Save our school!" and "Build our school!"

Akron Public Schools officials have said the project to replace Pfeiffer Elementary and the Miller South School for the Performing Arts with one building, located on the site of the old Kenmore High School, has increased by $10 million since it was approved in 2023. The district presented several options to the board at its May 19 meeting that call the project into question :

Move forward with the plan to rebuild a school in Kenmore to house both Pfeiffer and Miller South students

Build a new Miller South school but not replace Pfeiffer and sned those students to other schools across the district (e

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