Amid an ongoing investigation into Superintendent Michael Robinson, the Akron Public Schools board called a special meeting for Monday but then canceled it hours before it was to begin.
The purpose of the meeting was to hold an executive session, although action could have been taken in the public portion of the session. The meeting notice listed two reasons for the meeting: to conference with an attorney and to “consider the employment, dismissal and discipline of a public employee(s) and/or official(s).”
The board also could have taken “potential action, in open session, related to the employment, dismissal, and discipline of a public employee(s) and/or official(s).”
An announcement went out just after 5:30 p.m. Sunday that the board would meet Monday. The notice it was canceled went out just after noon. No reason was given for the cancellation.
The board’s next meeting is the first business meeting of the year on Jan. 13.
The board has not met since announcing last month it would hire an outsider to conduct an investigation into the superintendent and other unidentified administrators amid unspecified allegations.
While the board has not specified which allegations spurred the launch of the investigation, Robinson has been accused in letters to board members and the district’s attorney of workplace misconduct, including yelling at employees and creating a hostile work environment. His former communications director also accused Robinson of calling two female reporters a derogatory slur during a closed-door meeting last year in which representatives from human resources were present.
Robinson has denied yelling at employees and using the slur.
The board has not said who is doing the investigation, which was announced just before the holidays.
This story has been updated with additional information.
Contact education reporter Jennifer Pignolet at jpignolet@thebeaconjournal.com, at 330-996-3216 or on Twitter @JenPignolet.