Some schools expect no change when state report cards come out

YOUNGSTOWN — Five of the six tri-county school districts that dropped in the ratings on the state annual report card a year ago expect to stay at those lower levels when the 2007-08 report cards come out Aug. 26.

Struthers, Wellsville, Warren, Springfield and West Branch all went down a notch in the state scoring, which looks at pupil academic performance, attendance, graduation rates and other factors.

Spokesmen for all five said preliminary indications from the Ohio Department of Education show their ratings wouldn’t change this year. Maplewood also dropped, but the schools superintendent couldn’t be reached for comment on this year’s results.

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