Choffin eliminating academic classes

YOUNGSTOWN

Because of overstaffing, Choffin Career and Technical Center will return next school year to a half-day program for juniors and seniors.

Beginning with the 2013-14 school year, Choffin changed to a full-day program for upper-class students in the career and technical fields. They stayed at the school throughout the school day for both the career and academic courses.

“We were having to staff academic programs at both East and at Choffin, and it was leading to some overstaffing,” said Douglas Hiscox, superintendent pro tempore. “And we were beginning to lose the identity of East because [those students] spend most of their time at Choffin.”

Before 2013-14, Choffin juniors and seniors spent half of the day there for the career courses and the other half at East High School for academic courses.

The district is returning to that structure.

Read more about the change in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.