Officials urge businesses to help school district at Good Morning Boardman

BOARDMAN

“Leadership is the action that you take to serve others for the greater good.”

That was the message that Youngstown State University President Jim Tressel shared during his keynote speech at Good Morning Boardman, an event hosted Friday by First National Bank, MS Consultants and the Youngstown-Warren Regional Chamber.

Township, school and park officials provided an update to members of the local business community on some of their acts of leadership this year.

Tim Saxton, director of operations for the school district, went beyond an update and asked businesses to get involved in Boardman’s future.

“We need the help of businesses, and we especially need the help of Boardman businesses,” Saxton said of the effort to build a new sports stadium on the high school’s campus.

Saxton said that artificial turf is now complete, and the next phase will be to construct new bleachers.

Saxton also highlighted the academic success of the school district, such as the recently-released state report card showing Boardman had the highest percentage of students who got a passing score on Advanced Placement exams out of all public-school districts in the Valley last year.

More important than athletics or academics, Saxton said, is the district’s role in building people.

Read more about the event and the schools in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.