EXCLUSIVE | New city schools CEO: 'I want to start talking with everyone'

YOUNGSTOWN — The chief executive officer of the city schools plans to meet with school district stakeholders as one of his first orders of business.

“I want to start talking with everyone and engaging with all of the stakeholders — parents, teachers, administrators, students, city council, local politicians and all of the players in the city,” Krish Mohip, a Chicago schools administrator, told The Vindicator today. “Everyone has a different understanding about what the problems are and what the fixes are.”

The Youngstown City Schools Academic Distress Commission unanimously voted to offer Mohip the job at a meeting this morning.

Mohip will be in town next week at a 1 p.m. June 7 commission meeting at Choffin Career and Technical Center where he will be introduced to the community.

He will begin assessing the school district by late June, but his officials start date, along with his salary are part of his contract negotiations.

The position is expected to pay between $160,000 and $180,000 annually and the state will reimburse the school district for the CEO’s salary and benefits.