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Election 2016 results — turnout varies widely in precincts in Plain Press service area
Election 2016 results – turnout varies widely in precincts in Plain Press service area (Plain Press, December 2016) Voters approved all three issues on the ballot in Cleveland this November. Of the three issues, the half percent hike in the payroll tax won by the smallest margin winning 51.36% to 48.64%, with 64,439 yes votes…
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Menlo Park Academy breaks ground at Joseph & Feiss Clothing Company site
(Plain Press, December 2016) On Wednesday, November 16, Menlo Park Academy, a school which specializes in serving gifted children, broke ground on its renovation of the historic Joseph & Feiss Clothing Company property on W. 53rd in the Stockyard neighborhood’s Fenwick area. When the renovation is completed, Menlo Park Academy plans to move the…
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John Marshall Alumni becomes one of the Navy’s Newest Chief Petty Officers
by Navy Office of Community Outreach (Plain Press, November 2016) (NORFOLK, Va.) – Navy Chief Petty Officer Anthony Henry from Cleveland, Ohio, was recently promoted to chief petty officer. Chief Henry, a 2004 John Marshall High School graduate, has served in the Navy for 12 years and is currently serving at Commander, Naval Air Force…
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MetroHealth and Cleveland Metropolitan School District to open first of its kind high school
(Plain Press, July 2016) (CMSD News Bureau) The MetroHealth System and Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) are partnering on a new school that leaders believe may be the only one in the country located within a hospital. The new Lincoln-West School of Science and Health will be based partly at the MetroHealth System’s main campus.…
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Ward 15 residents receive update on school construction plans
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, June 2016) Seventy people attending a Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) Master Plan Update Meeting on May 18th at Waterson-Lake School building learned of plans that involve four school sites: Halle/H. Barbara Booker PreK-8; Waverly Prek-8; West Side High School at the old Max Hayes site; and Joseph M. Gallagher…
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Gallagher English Language Learners class receives praise for reading prowess
by Chuck Hoven. (Plain Press, June 2016) Enthusiastic students in Mr. Robert Perkins’ Second Grade English Language Learners class at Gallagher School continued to read their books, adding to their total of books read, even as members of the West Cleveland Kiwanis Club were bringing in pizzas to celebrate their efforts. At the beginning…
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Members of world champion team demonstrates robot at John Marshall High School’s, School of Engineering’s Project Inspire
(Plain Press, June 2016) On May 11th, John Marshall High School’s School of Engineering opened its doors with Project Inspire to showcase its program to the community. One of the highlights of Project Inspire, held at the high school on W. 140th, was a demonstration of the robot that Cleveland students built while competing in…