Wednesday, May 18, 2016
YOUNGSTOWN
The city schools academic distress commission will interview six people for the district chief executive officer job and extend the deadline to allow to more candidates to apply.
The five-member commission met today and after a three-hour executive session voted to ask the Mahoning County Educational Service Center to arrange interviews May 25 and 26 with the six prospects.
The commission charged with selecting the first city school district CEO also unanimously voted to extend the application deadline until the position is filled or the panel opts to close it.
Commission Chairman Brian Benyo said a second round of interviews to further narrow the list is expected. The target to select the CEO remains June 6 .
Commission member Laura Meeks said the list of nearly 30 candidates who have applied is an impressive pool.
For the list of the candidates and their backgrounds, read Thursday's Vindicator or Vindy.com.