Rimer Community Learning Center (complete)
(formerly Rimer Elementary School)

2370 Manchester Road
Akron, OH 44314-3691
330/761-7905; Fax 330/848-3614

Grades: K-5
Colors: Blue and Gold
Mascot: Huskies
Average Class Size: 20
Average Enrollment: 261
Design Enrollment: 350
Principal: Nancy Ritch

Dedication
The dedication ceremony took on Thursday, September 10, 2009, at 5:30 p.m. Students began attending classes in the new building on Wednesday, August 26, 2009.

Rimer's Master Facility Plan
A new school was built on the current site. There was not enough room to build a new school on the site with the existing school standing, so it was demolished. Students relocated to the old Voris Elementary School while the new school was built.

Every Rimer CLC classroom is equipped with the latest in technology. Other features include better lighting; up-to-date heating, ventilation and AC; and improved, safer and better-equipped kitchen equipment. A new gymnasium was designed to make fitness and good nutrition fun and achievable. Colors like green, yellow and blue evoke a sense of calm and freshness to the new facility. Each Rimer CLC classroom contains a new projector which allows teachers to connect to the Internet, play audio and display video on a large screen. The new building also boasts enhanced security, with a controlled entry allowing staff to monitor school visitors. Cameras monitor outside entrances and corridors, and exterior doors are secured while school is in session. The new playground is surfaced with safety material and enclosed by a fence.

Architects
All designs are the work of an architectural firm from one of six firms, which comprise the Akron Architectural Group. AAG architects work with Akron Public Schools architects on each site. The architectural firm designing the Rimer Community Learning Center was Braun & Steidl Architects Inc. (John Wheeler, project architect). Fred Herr was the Akron Public Schools liaison.