Rayen Foundation seeks to give funds to new middle school

Rayen Foundation seeks to give funds to new middle school

YOUNGSTOWN — Trustees of the Rayen Foundation have formally sought court approval to redirect up to half of the foundation’s gift giving to the yet-to-be-built Rayen Middle School.

The other half of the foundation’s gift giving would be designated for charitable ventures at the remaining city high schools: East and Chaney. The foundation pays for school projects and equipment and college scholarships.

In a filing in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court, trustees asked that the portion of foundation gifts, which previously had been directed to The Rayen School as a high school, go to the middle school.

The Rayen School, which closed this year and awaits demolition, is to be replaced on the same site at 250 Benita Ave. by the new middle school.

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