Youngstown school board's verbal sparring continues today

YOUNGSTOWN

The city school board approved a 12-month contract for the interim superintendent and a resolution voicing objection to the district paying the chief executive officer whose term begins Wednesday.

Although there was no name-calling, today’s meeting – the last before CEO Krish Mohip takes over – offered no shortage of heated discussions. Mohip, the district’s first CEO and a former Chicago Public Schools administrator, was appointed by the Youngstown City School District Academic Distress Commission, part of the Youngstown Plan legislation approved last summer.

The board reappointed Stephen Stohla, interim superintendent, through June 30, 2017, by a 4-3 vote.

Board President Brenda Kimble and members Michael Murphy, Ronald Shadd and Jerome Williams were in favor, with members Dario Hunter, Corrine Sanderson and Jackie Adair opposed.

Those opposed cited a lack of a performance evaluation of Stohla as the reason.

Sanderson said she was twice given incorrect forms when she inquired about the superintendent’s evaluation.

Murphy said Mohip told the board not to evaluate Stohla and that Mohip wants Stohla to be rehired.

The board voted 7-0, however, to approve a resolution objecting to paying the CEO.

Read more of the verbal sparring in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.