YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Youngstown City School District leaders say they are making progress under a state-required Academic Improvement Plan (AIP), but acknowledge it remains unclear if the district will meet the benchmarks needed to move fully out of academic oversight.

The plan, created under House Bill 110 after the district came out of academic distress, requires Youngstown to meet 51 percent of 24 benchmarks. Superintendent Jeremy Batchelor said the district has seen encouraging results, including double-digit gains in many areas.

“We’ve been pretty transparent that we’re not done… we saw double-digit gains in many areas, but we don’t know if we’ll hit that 51 percent threshold,” Batchelor said.

Final results will not be available until after Sept. 15, when the state report cards are

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