• Legal Aid can help students get access to education

    by Tonya Sams      (Plain Press October 2025) With students back in class, parents should be aware that if their children are experiencing problems in school, Legal Aid may be able to provide free legal assistance for those who qualify.      This includes helping students access their education.      “Access to education includes school enrollment…


  • Students move to different buildings for new school year

       (Plain Press October 2025) This year in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District several schools will be in different buildings from where they were last year.    The new Clark School building at 5550 Clark Avenue is housing not only the returning Clark School students, but also students who attended Walton School last year. Walton…


  • Back-To-School celebrations equip students with school supplies

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, August 9, 2025; All City Back to School Festival, Cleveland Public Auditorium, 500 Lakeside Ave. East: Cleveland Metropolitan School District Director of Financial Support and Services Melody Patterson hands out school supplies to parents and children. PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, August 9, 2025; Esperanza’s Back-To-School Celebration, Max Hayes High…


  • New Gallagher School set to open in time for 2025-’26 school year (photo)

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, May 10, 2025; Joseph M. Gallagher School, Southwest corner of W. 65th and Franklin Avenue: The newly rebuilt Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Kindergarten through Grade Eight Joseph M. Gallagher School will reopen in August in time for the 2025-26 school year.


  • Menlo Park Academy Receives Auditor of State Award for Exemplary Financial Reporting

       Menlo Park Academy has been honored with the prestigious Auditor of State Award for achieving a “clean” audit report, recognizing its commitment to fiscal responsibility and transparent financial practices. The school, located at 2149 W. 53rd in the former Joseph & Feiss Building, is Ohio’s only tuition free public school exclusively serving gifted children…


  • St. Ignatius of Antioch Elementary School dedicates new outdoor classroom

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, October 21, 2024; Saint Ignatius of Antioch School, West Boulevard & Lorain Avenue:  St. Ignatius of Antioch Elementary School Principal Ronald E. Snow II stands by the Sound Wall in the school’s new outdoor classroom. PHOTO COURTESY OF ST. IGNATIUS PARISH Tuesday, September 24, 2024; St. Ignatius of Antioch Elementary…


  • Dance Evert, CMSD debut innovative arts program

    PHOTO COURTESY OF EVERT EDUCATION Students demonstrate triangles, and are perfecting their polygons using stretchy body bands, during “Geometry in Motion” Program. by Jennifer Morrison-Garza      (Plain Press February 2024)Tom Evert of DANCE EVERT and Evert Education is partnering with Cleveland Municipal School District’s Clara E. Westropp School of the Arts, through an Artist in…


  • Barnes Wendling CPAs supports art programs at Urban Community School

    PHOTO COURTESY BARNES WENDLING CPAs November 15, 2022, Urban Community School, 4909 Lorain Avenue: (L-R) Art Teacher Molly Geib, students: Julian Mendez, Maise McPartland, and Ilinca Rodriguez, with Principal Nora French  Elementary students participate in art contest; schools receive program funds       (Plain Press, December 2022) Barnes Wendling CPAs, a Northeast Ohio accounting and business…


  • Northeast Ohioans for Budget Legislation Equality prepares to lobby for its State of Ohio budget priorities

    by Chuck Hoven      (Plain Press, December 2022) The State of Ohio must complete its next two-year budget by June 30th of 2023. The budget will govern State of Ohio spending from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025.      Hoping to influence State of Ohio lawmakers in the decision-making process leading up to the…


  • Education Forward’s report indicates severe impact of COVID-19 on education in Cleveland

    Education Forward’s report indicates severe impact of COVID-19 on education in Cleveland by Chuck Hoven Plain Press, August 2022        At the June 28th business meeting of the Cleveland Municipal School District Board, Cleveland Metropolitan School District Chief Executive Officer Eric Gordon shared some of the findings of a recently completed report by Education Forward titled…