Akron Public Schools' facilities services director said Wednesday he has resigned from the district after the board of education voted this week to pursue firing him.

Steven Keenan also provided a copy of a statement he gave the district defending himself against allegations he profited from buying and selling district-owned lawnmowers. In it, he alleges the district is retaliating against him for speaking out about the former superintendent and board of education.

Keenan is accused of trading in 11 district lawnmowers to a vendor, buying seven of those lawnmowers back at a discounted price, then selling the mowers on his personal account on Facebook marketplace to earn almost $10,000 in profit.

Keenan called the actions against him "disproportionate and selectively-enforced," according

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