In a vote of 3-2 Thursday night, the Mentor School Board decided not to approve the hiring of Austintown Local Schools Superintendent Vince Colaluca as their superintendent.

Wednesday, the school announced they had selected Colaluca, but at Thursday nights board meeting, several people raised concerns about Colaluca's issues in Austintown and the relationship with his school board.

You may recall a petition was started last year where some Austintown community members were asking for Colaluca's removal. He was ultimately given a new three year contract.

Colaluca tells 21 news he's fine with the decision. "I'm at a great place in Austintown. I love where I've been and love the work we've done in Austintown for our students and I look forward to staying and moving this district forward," said Colaluca.

Mentor School Board President Virginia Jeschelnig says there was never any question with Colaluca's integrity, work ethic or high quality as an educator and they were keenly aware of what he has accomplished at Austintown. She says the board did not anticipate their community responding with the concerns they did and the board ultimately decided that maybe they didn't do a thorough enough job and this decision reflects more on them wanting to satisfy the community.