‘A new school and a new attitude’

YOUNGSTOWN — Cathy Dorbish, principal of Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, challenged parents, grandparents and community residents in her remarks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony Sunday in front of the new school building at 2724 Mariner Ave.

“Don’t let this be the first and last visit. We don’t do it alone,” she said.

She quoted the Civil Rights leader and namesake of the school, who said, “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. ... Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true education.”

Dorbish asked of people in the school district, “Please be the people to make it happen.”

Dorbish was among those who spoke before the ribbon cutting at the school, the 11th of 15 new and renovated facilities in the Youngstown City School District. She has worked for 10 years as a teacher and has 11 years as an administrator.

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