Southside Academy dumps White Hat Management

May 4, 2015 at 5:21p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN

Beginning next school year, Southside Academy will be under the management of a new company and in a new building.

The board of directors of the academy voted earlier this year not to renew the contract of White Hat Management Inc., said William Mullane, board president. The board hired The Educational Empowerment Group, Akron, as the school’s management company.

The school will leave the old South Side High School building on Market Street and move into St. Patrick’s Church. It will retain the Southside Academy name.

Besides the location change, parents and students will see other differences under the new company.

Mullane said the board was looking for more collaboration between the school and parents and families and more transparency in operations.