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  • Civics 2.0 students plead for funding for their program

    by Chuck Hoven    (Plain Press, November 2023) Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) students that participate in the extracurricular Civics 2.0 program came out in force to testify at the September meeting of the Cleveland Municipal School District Board of Education. The students were advocating for restoration of funding for their extracurricular program. During the…

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  • Cudell residents save historic trees for now

    PHOTO BY MARY JO HOVEN Monday, September 4, 2023; Cudell Commons Park, W. 98th Street, just North of Madison Avenue: A view of the Bald Cypress tree from below. The tree is one of about forty mature trees that Friends of Cudell Commons Park would like to save from being torn down to make way…

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  • Protesters urge Board of Education to save trees at Cudell Commons Park

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, August 22, 2023; Cleveland Metropolitan School Board Meeting; East Professional Center, 1349 E. 79th; Faouzi Baddou, Nikki Hudson and James Pieknik, Friends of Cudell Commons Park, protesting the planned demolition of a historic cypress tree in the Cudell neighborhood. by Chuck Hoven    The Friends of Cudell Commons Park came…

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  • Residents Rally to save historic trees

    PHOTO BY CASANDRA VASU Cudell Commons Park, W. 98th Street, North of Madison: The Cleveland Metropolitan School District plans to build a new Marion C. Seltzer school in what is now Cudell Commons Park.  Plans call for eliminating trees to make way for the new school building. This Bald Cypress is one of the mature…

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  • Max Hayes student breaks new ground becoming a Carpenter’s Union Apprentice while still in high school

    This past school year, Max Hayes High School Senior Catherine Nelson worked as a Carpenter’s Union apprentice for Panzica Construction on a job at the Cleveland Natural History Museum.      Max Hayes Construction Program Instructor James MacDowell says in his nearly thirty years of teaching construction at Max Hayes, Nelson is the first student to…

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  • Cleveland School Board hosts its last meeting with Chief Executive Officer Eric Gordon at the helm

    At the June 27th Cleveland Board of Education Meeting, Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) Chief Executive Officer Eric Gordon tried to choke back tears as Cleveland School Board Chair Anne Bingham spoke of some of Gordon’s many accomplishments as the school district’s leader and led the crowd in a standing ovation for Gordon. Other Board…

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  • Davis Aerospace and Maritime students help cleanup floating debris from the Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, June 6, 2023; North Coast Harbor: Argonaut Captain Sam Landgraf and 10th grade Davis Aerospace and Maritime High School student Quinn Schumann aboard a barge towed by the Flotsam use their pikes to position a log so it can be hauled aboard by the Flotsam crane. PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN…

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  • Max Hayes students learn how to work safely in a lead paint environment

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, May 18, 2023; Max Hayes High School, 2211 W. 65th Street: Max Hayes Construction Program 10th Grade students Yandi Chacon, Derek Gonzalez and Zahyr Scott were among 19 students who completed a Renovation, Repair and Painting Course. The curriculum for the course was designed through a joint effort by the…

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  • Sixty graduates at Natividad Pagan International Newcomers Academy receive bi-literate certificate for achieving fluency in two languages

    At a May 24th graduation ceremony at Natividad Pagan International Newcomers Academy 60 students received a Bi-Literate seal on their high school diplomas along with a separate certificate indicating they are fluent in two languages.    Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) Multilingual and Multicultural Family Engagement and Student Support Coordinator Senaida C. Perez says the…

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  • In Memory: Gloria Aron

    PHOTO FROM PLAIN PRESS ARCHIVES In memory of Gloria Aron: December 28, 1945 -January 31, 2023 In the words of Gloria Aron:             “Desegregation changed my life forever.  I became a community activist.  But even more important was when parents, black and white came together.  We not only learned how to work together for change…

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