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Y'town schools paid firm linked to 1 that paid CEO
Youngstown schools CEO Krish Mohip said told The Vindicator last week he wasn’t aware that Curriculum Associates’ iReady program is an ERDI partner, nor does he know of any other programs affiliated with ERDI that he’s implemented since starting in Youngstown in July 2016. He picked iReady because he saw a need, IReady worked well for him in Chicago and he believed it would succeed in Youngstown, he said.
McGuffey Elementary students celebrate a young hero fighting blood cancer
Landen Fitzgerald-Green was diagnosed with blood cancer in 2015 after he fell down the stairs.
New welding school provides jobs, new starts
Visitors to Flying HIGH Inc. wander through the nonprofit organization’s welding school on the North Side after its ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday.
Mom charged with inciting son to rampage at school
The city prosecutor called the case ‘disturbing’.
Girard school board hires architect to design performing arts center
The center would be attached to Girard High School
Grant helps Alta families get fresh produce
Candy Binkley and Paulette Hodge show off some locally grown red and green peppers during Alta Head Start's semi-annual farmers' market for their students and their families. A $35,000 grant from the Swanston Foundation enables Alta to offer the fresh produce.
Poland grad shares real-life “Wonder” experience
The Poland students are learning an anti-bullying lesson from “Wonder” book.
Eighth-grade fun at Ursuline High
More than 100 students from 12 elementary schools attended the Ursuline High School’s Eighth-Grade Day.
Positive behaviors earn prizes in Y'town schools
Jenna Kent, center,William Holmes McGuffey Elementary second-grader, shows off her Y-Bucks with school counselors Danielle Mordocco, left, and Lindsay DeVecchio. The Y-Bucks are earned by Youngstown elementary students for showing responsibility and leadership.
Schools CEO Mohip fights another district war
Mohip and Youngstown teachers are again at war over various policies implemented this school year
East’s JROTC honors veterans
East High’s JROTC cadets showed their patriotic pride in a Veterans Day ceremony in East’s library Friday morning.
Fitch honors area veterans with annual assembly
Austintown Fitch High School held its annual Veterans Day Friday morning, honoring area veterans through recognition, musical performance and a speech from a retired Marine.
Boardman students salute veterans' sacrifices
More then 50 veterans were at Boardman Glenwood Junior High School Friday as more than 700 students honored them and other veterans for their service and sacrifices.
Campbell high schoolers attempt a cup-stacking world record
More than 220 students at Campbell Memorial High School lent their hands and their stacking skills to a global effort to set a record in Guinness World Records.
Fitch Art Club members use free time to paint school mural at park
Club members spent a few nights for several weeks at Austintown Township Park painting the walls of its splash pad.