Thursday, June 18, 2015
YOUNGSTOWN
Stephen Stohla, who will become interim city schools superintendent July 1, plans to spend his first few weeks meeting with people involved with and interested in the city schools.
He wants “to get their input on what’s working well and how they feel we can make the district better,” he said.
School board members this week picked Stohla, of Alliance, as the district’s interim superintendent. It’s a six-month position. Contract terms, including how much Stohla will earn, must be negotiated.
“I’m very honored that the board decided to put their confidence in me and gave me this opportunity,” Stohla said.
He served as Brookfield superintendent from 2007 to 2009 and Alliance superintendent from 2004 to 2007. From 2010 to 2011, Stohla worked as Northeast Ohio regional vice president at Mosaica Education Inc. He oversaw six charter schools. He also was one of the coaches working with Youngstown City Schools principals for Mosaica Turnaround Partners.
“Within the next several weeks I want to meet with as many individuals and groups including board and distress commission members, building administrators, union leaders, city leaders, the chamber of commerce, officials at Youngstown State and as many community leaders, including from the religious community, as possible,” Stohla said.
He wants to learn from those groups and individuals about what they think is working in the district and should continue, and what needs improvement.
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