Youngstown school district agrees to pay for consultant

YOUNGSTOWN — The Youngstown City School District will pick up the tab for the services of a consultant to help a state Academic Distress Commission develop an academic recovery plan for the city schools.

The cost for the contract with the Educational Service Center of Central Ohio in Dublin, Ohio, will be $24,984.75.

The school board approved the expenditure Tuesday.

The Academic Distress Commission is charged with preparing an academic recovery plan that will help the city school district improve from a state rating of academic emergency to a rating of continuous improvement. That plan must be presented to the state secretary of public instruction by June 30.

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