BREAKING NEWS | State appoints 3 to new Youngstown ADC

COLUMBUS — Richard Ross, state superintendent of public instruction, appointed Laura Meeks, former president of Eastern Gateway Community College; Jennifer Roller, president of The Raymond John Wean Foundation; and Brian Benyo, president of the Mahoning Valley Manufacturers Coalition and member of Gov. John R. Kasich’s Executive Workforce Board, to the Youngstown City Schools Academic Distress Commission.

The five-member panel will appoint a state-paid chief executive officer to manage and operate the schools.

Mayor John A. McNally on Thursday announced that Barbara Brothers, a retired Youngstown State University dean, is his appointment to the commission.

Brenda Kimble, school board president, has yet to announce her appointment who must be a district teacher.

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