State to school board: Keep recovery plan in mind

YOUNGSTOWN — The chairman of the state fiscal oversight commission controlling city school district finances has issued a caution to district officials regarding talks on a new contract with its classified employees: Keep the district’s fiscal recovery plan in mind.

Wendy Webb, Youngstown school district superintendent, told the Financial Planning and Supervision Commission last week that preliminary talks have begun with about 295 employees represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Union Local 1143.

Their three-year contract ends Jan. 23, Webb said.

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