Youngstown NAACP has 'great hope' for new schools CEO

YOUNGSTOWN

Leaders of the NAACP Youngstown Branch have high hopes the city schools will improve under the operation of CEO Krish Mohip.

Mohip, who started his job Wednesday as the first chief executive officer of the city school district, met with the NAACP, parents and community members for more than two hours today, answering their questions and explaining his plans for the district.

The NAACP called the gathering a civil-rights education meeting.

“We have great hope for Mr. Mohip,” said George Freeman Jr., president of the NAACP branch. “He is saying what we have been saying for the last couple of years.”

The NAACP last year called for former Superintendent Connie Hathorn’s ouster and, earlier this year, for Interim Superintendent Stephen Stohla to be removed from office.

Mohip comes to the city from Chicago Public Schools where he’s spent his whole career. He’s helped struggling schools in that system to improve.

“Mr. Mohip has done in Chicago what we need to have done here,” Freeman said.

Mohip was quick to point out that he didn’t do it alone. He worked with a team.

It’s about providing high-quality instruction to every single student, every single day, Mohip said.

Read more about the meeting in Friday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.