Schools

The position was named in honor of Darling, a former YSU history professor and longtime host on WYSU radio.

Justin Jennings also reveals plans to launch clinics at East and Chaney high schools so Youngstown students will have access to pediatricians in the district.

Executive Director Rose Carter says her group was 'disheartened;' Superintendent Joseph Meranto said he will personally work with the community organization to get its members involved.

School districts have developed in-person, hybrid or remote learning models for the start of the school year. Officials reported only minor issues and most said they had a pretty smooth start on Tuesday

The legislation also would continue to bar the Department of Education from issuing data for school districts’ report cards and give a “safe harbor” to school districts for any penalties or sanctions.

“Even though Wednesday is a day after the start of remote instruction, we want to allow another chance for families to pick up their scholars’ devices if they haven’t already,” CEO Justin Jennings said.

Only one of the 22 cases is currently active. The student lives off-campus and is in isolation, a YSU official said.

You can read the full set of guidelines here.

Next week’s distribution will be Tuesday because of the Labor Day holiday. It will return to Monday the following week.

The scholarship will be available for full-time YSU undergraduate engineering or science majors.