Disorderly conduct

Disorderly conduct

NILES

A Royal Mall Drive resident was charged with disorderly conduct while intoxicated and criminal trespass after an incident at Washington Elementary School Friday morning as students were arriving for class. Police said Shane White, 30, had entered the school and asked to speak to his son, a student at Washington. The school maintains a list of adults authorized to take each student out of class, and White was not on it. Police reports describe White as very intoxicated at the time. He is free on bond. Police said students were never in any danger during the incident.

New charter school

YOUNGSTOWN

The Ohio Council of Community Schools, a sponsor of charter schools, has notified the Ohio Department of Education that it intends to sponsor South Side Academy, a new charter school to be located at 1833 Market St., the home of Eagle Heights Academy.

ODE has ordered Eagle Heights closed as of June 30 because of poor academic performance.

The new school will serve the same K-8 student demographic served by Eagle Heights.

An ODE spokesman said the state has been informed that the OCCS and South Side Academy’s governing board have signed a charter contract. That document must now be submitted to the state for review. The new school seeks to open this fall.