Charter school in Youngstown to close, didn’t meet state standards

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown Elementary School, a charter school that is part of Summit Academy Community School for Alternative Learners,

will be closed at the end of the 2008-09 school year.

Parents of about the approximately150 pupils enrolled at the school, 144 N. Schenley Ave., learned of the closing earlier this week.

Ninety-eight percent of the pupils have moderate to severe learning disabilities and receive special education services.