Cost to improve academics at Youngstown schools could be nearly $4M a year

BOARDMAN — The proposed academic recovery plan for the Youngstown city schools comes with a big price tag.

As outlined by a consultant who drafted the plan, implementation could run nearly $4 million a year.

Tom Reed of the Educational Service Center of Central Ohio presented a cost breakdown today for the state Academic Distress Commission charged with drafting the recovery plan. He stressed that the numbers are only estimates at this point.

The single largest big ticket item is the hiring of an estimated 20 additional teachers this fall to bring the student/teacher ratio to a 15-1 level in kindergarten and first grade, a cost expected to exceed $1.6 million annually.

For the complete story, see Tuesday's Vindicator and Vindy.com