METRO DIGEST || Funding for schools for developmentally disabled

Bill from Boccieri

AUSTINTOWN

State Rep. John Boccieri of Poland, D-59th, has introduced legislation to open up state school facilities funding to classrooms for students with developmental disabilities.

The bill, jointly sponsored with state Rep. Jeffrey Rezabek, a Republican from Clayton, allows money for school construction, renovation and security reimbursement from the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission to be disbursed to county boards of developmental disabilities.

Right now, this money only goes to school districts, and county boards that sponsor school programs are not eligible.

Lecture at Packard

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The National Packard Museum, 1899 Mahoning Ave. NW, will present “Building Packard: Autoworkers and Labor History (1899-1958) at noon Saturday to mark the return of the “Coffee and Donut” lecture series.

This educational seminar is open to the public and free with paid admission to the museum.

The cost of admission is $8 for adults, $5 for seniors and children from age 7 to 12, and children under 7 are free.

Lordstown ACT scores show an increase

LORDSTOWN

The ACT scores for students in the Lordstown school district have risen from a composite score of 20 in 2013 to 23.3 in 2017, Superintendent Terry Armstrong reported.

The results were provided to the school district in a Five Year Trend report as part of the College Readiness Letter released this week by ACT, Armstrong said.

In addition to the higher composite scores, the district also exceeded the state average in all areas, English, math, reading and science and composite, he said.

Roads to close for YUTC Ultra Trail Run

YOUNGSTOWN

Price Road near the Old Log Cabin in Mill Creek MetroParks will experience brief, periodic closings from about 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday for the YUTC Ultra Trail Run.

The entrance to Fellows Riverside Gardens on McKinley Avenue will remain open.