Students express mixed emotions about moving to Chaney, East

YOUNGSTOWN — High school graduates often revisit their alma mater as college students — some just to say “Hi” to a favorite teacher, others may be looking for some career advice.

Graduating seniors at Wilson and Rayen high schools this year say that’s something they’ll never get to experience.

Both of those schools are closing permanently with the end of this school year and will be torn down, replaced by new middle schools as part of Youngstown City Schools’ $190 million rebuilding program.

“We won’t have anything to come back to,” said Jasmine Stamper, vice president of the senior class at The Rayen School.

“All our teachers will be scattered,” added LaKeisha Jarmon, class valedictorian and secretary. The teachers will be reassigned to other schools in the district, she explained.

“I am privileged to be graduating in the last class, [but] I can’t come back to my high school to see my teachers,” said LeVar Riley, vice president of the senior class at Woodrow Wilson High School.

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