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  • Residents receive update on West Shoreway, Edgewater Park and Shoppes on Clifton

    (Plain Press, July 2015) About 300 people gathered at Louisa May Alcott School on June 4th for an update on three different projects:  the West Shoreway Reconstruction, Cleveland Metroparks plans for Edgewater Park and plans for Shoppes on Clifton. West Shoreway Kristen Bowen, of Michael Baker International and Associates, said that the Ohio Department of…

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  • NEOCycle HUB event at Edgewater Park

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  • Participants in the Great Lake Erie Boat Float test seaworthiness of their crafts

    (Plain Press, October 2014) For the sixth year in a row, the Great Lake Erie Boat Float offered the opportunity for those concerned about the environment to design and test the seaworthiness of boats made from recycled materials. Participants in this year’s Great Lake Erie Boat Float, held on September 6th at Edgewater Park, had…

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  • Standardized tests drive Cleveland Transformation Plan

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2014) Under current local, state and national educational policy, Clevelanders are being asked to measure their public and charter schools and judge their teaching staffs based on the scores on standardized tests. While the standardized tests may help to compare schools, they do little to help individual students to…

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  • July 2014 Issue of the Plain Press

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  • School Board passes draft of facilities plan extension

    (Plain Press, July 2014) After a series of Facilities Plan Open Houses where residents and stakeholders were asked to rank various scenarios in their school’s cluster, the Cleveland School Board met for three hours, on Monday June 23rd, to discuss various options and vote to approve a draft of a facilities plan extension at its…

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  • Ice sculpture

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, January 5, 2014; Edgewater Park: (L-R) Devin McNulty and Peggy McNulty made a special trip to Edgewater Park to see this ice sculpture created by Elegant Ice Creations.

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  • Preparing to Sled

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, January 25, 2014; Edgewater Park: Braving high winds and frigid temperatures, Sam Ortiz and his sons Jose, age 12, and Tom, age 8, prepare to sled down the hill at Edgewater Park.

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  • “Sandy Snowman”

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, January 5, 2014; Edgewater Park: Tyler Delgado, age 16 and Madison Delgado, age 12, visit with the “Sandy Snowman” created by Cleveland Metroparks in house exhibit builders.

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  • Fathers show up around Cleveland Metropolitan School District to walk with their child

    Fathers show up around Cleveland Metropolitan School District to walk with their child (Plain Press, October 2012) Ivan Salcedo had his second-grade son in tow as he walked last Thursday on a day he couldn’t pass up. No, Salcedo didn’t walk his son to Louisa May Alcott School for the doughnuts and drinks that awaited…

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