It was founded in October 2008 by Donald Bryant and is the first volunteer organization in the State of Ohio to be granted special administrative powers by a city Mayor.
In a ceremony at Malabar Middle School in May 2009, Mayor Donald Culliver officially introduced the Education Task Force as the first member of his volunteer services office.
The Mayor's Education Task Force was founded created in October 2008 in a response to the district's academic emergency status and low community support for the Mansfield City Public School system.
[2] Mansfield Mayor Donald Culliver called the community into action asking for a partnership formation with his administration to help raise academic standards.
In November 2008, Bryant began asking the Mansfield community for support but was heavily criticized for lack of management and education experience while Mayor Culliver faced challenges from political rivals.