Superintendent Mary Outley has begun to rebuild the district's leadership team.

She has appointed Wanda Lash, the district's director of student and family services, as her new assistant superintendent.

Outley also has picked Chase Canfield as the district's human resources executive director, effective Oct. 6.

Akron Public Schools Superintendent Mary Outley is rebuilding the school district's leadership team after a wave of departures over the past year.

She has picked Wanda Lash, the district's director of student and family services since 2022, as her assistant superintendent, effective immediately.

"I want her to start working with me right away because there's so much that we need to get done," Outley said.

Outley, a longtime district employee who became superintendent in Ma

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