Six months after members of the Akron Board of Education voted to buy out the superintendent, Michael Robinson, and appoint a new superintendent, Mary Outley, school board candidates’ opinions about those decisions produced the sharpest disagreements at a Wednesday forum for the eight people running to fill four seats. On one side were those candidates who thought Robinson should have been sidelined earlier, or who claimed they wouldn’t have hired him at all. Those candidates also said while they thought Outley might be the right person to lead the school district, the school board’s decision to appoint her to the role without following proper procedures was a poor choice.
