City Club Panel to Focus on Public Education

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — The City Club of The Mahoning Valley will kick off its 2017 program schedule with a panel discussion, “The Future of Public Education in Ohio’s Cities.”

The panel — which will feature Ohio Senate Minority Leader Joe Schiavoni, D-33 Boardman, Youngstown City Schools CEO Krish Mohip and Christine Fowler-Mack, chief of new and innovative schools and programs for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District — will take place March 6 at Stambaugh Auditorium.

In addition to the on-stage panelists, the event will also feature a community stakeholder table that will include teachers, administrators, parents and students from local school districts, who will be asked to kick-off the audience question-and-answer session.

“It’s an important time for public education in America right now, and especially for our city school systems — from the controversial appointment of Betsy DeVos as secretary of education, to the state education budget formulas, our schools are at a critical juncture,” said Tim Francisco, YSU English professor and co-founder of The City Club of The Mahoning Valley.

The program includes dinner, the panel discussion and the audience question and answer session. Doors open at 5 p.m., with dinner to be served at 5:30 p.m. and the program to run from 6:15 to 8 p.m.

As with past events, WYSU-FM will live-stream the discussion at its website and rebroadcast the discussion March 9 on air at 6 p.m.

Tickets are $30 per person or $350 for a group or corporate table for eight. Tickets are on sale at the auditorium website.

For more information, contact Phil Kidd at 330 519 8712.

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