Meeting on improving Youngstown schools is Monday

Meeting on improving Youngstown schools is Monday

Youngstown

A town hall meeting regarding the improving the city schools is set for 6:30 p.m. Monday at Stambaugh Auditorium.

The public meeting will include discussion from officials of the Harwood Institute for Public Innovation about what they have learned during the course of previous gatherings and interviews. The officials also will share insights gained and engage those at the meeting in a final discussion that will lead to a report that will be presented to the Academic Distress Commission.

Goals of the town hall meeting will be to:

• Demonstrate accountability — by publicly reflecting to the wider community what has been learned through previous efforts and how the insights add up.

• Test the choices and trade-offs that fit with the aspirations expressed.

• Bring people from across the community and across different organizations together to recognize their shared aspirations for Youngstown schools.

• Build public momentum for the efforts and approaches to be included in the final report — so that there is greater public will for action moving into the fall.