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Struthers students report from sidelines
Struthers bring back on 90.7 WKTL-FM for the first season in more than 10 years
Youngstown schools' Mohip, Adair spar over legal costs
“Taxation without representation is the battle cry,” said school board member Jackie Adair.
Youngstown schools have increased enrollment
The Youngstown City School District has about 4 percent more students as of the third week of the 2017-18 school year than the 2016-17 school year, not including preschool students.
Student creating a legacy of honoring veterans at Fitch
Seth Welch, a senior at Austintown Fitch, created a new group dedicated to maintaining veterans memorials on campus.
Youngstown school board lobs another HB 70 challenge
The board asked that their powers be returned if the CEO doesn’t raise the district’s grade, and that the board not be dissolved, as the bill demands.
Pilot program offers Liberty students unique leadership opportunity
Liberty High School students are learning leadership skills as part of a pilot program called Lead2Feed
Youngstown residents want to be a part of Mohip’s change
“I just want to be a part of the change,” said Sheila Triplett, CEO Mohip’s Citizens Coalition member
Loss of right to speak lesson of Holocaust for today
Jackson-Milton sophomores Kaleee Rader and Robbie Butler read the story of Henry Kinast, a Holocaust survivor who lives in the Mahoning Valley, from a traveling exhibit that has come to the school.
Youngstown, other Valley schools, have high rates of students on Medicaid
Slightly more than 80 percent of Youngstown City School District students receive health care through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program – the highest percentage in Ohio.
Car show memorializes MCCTC grad
A tearful Zach Signore, an MCCTC senior student and event coordinator, said the event was the best way to memorialize Bowers. “Tommy was all about car shows,” Signore said.
Hurricane disasters prompt Poland students to help
Poland's high school mascot roamed the lunchroom at Dobbins Elementary where students came together to raise $475 that will go to the American Red Cross for hurricane relief. They were rewarded with a special lunch Friday with high-school football players and cheerleaders..
Fitch student set to sing at OK Inc. session
Junior Sarah Linton’s vocal stylings caught the ear of Operation Keepsake officials during a screening of Austintown Fitch’s original short film “Draw the Line.”
Mohip defends his Citizens Coalition
Examples of community input in action include “Let’s Talk,” found at youngstown.k12.oh.us/LetsTalk.aspx, the new neighborhood schools reconfiguration, a focus on school sports and school pride, and bringing back East High’s mascot, the Golden Bears.