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In Memory Margaret “Margie” Dorothy Bray Hoven August 11, 1956 – March 20, 2018
(Plain Press, April 2018) Margaret “Margie” Bray, wife of Plain Press Managing Editor Chuck Hoven, and Plain PressCommunity Board and Website Editor, passed away on March 20, 2018 from a choking accident while dining. Margie Bray Margie was born in the Philippines while her father worked there as a consultant for the Philippine Government.…
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Teachers under stress in Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Investment Schools
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, December 2017) At the November 21st meeting of the Cleveland Board of Education, educational advocate Don Freeman, for the third month in a row, brought up the issue of the stress that the teaching staffs at Cleveland’s twenty-three investment schools are experiencing. Freeman emphatically said, “Professionals, by that I…
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Advocacy effort calls for restoring lost $1 million to Cleveland Schools’ Comprehensive Extracurricular Activities Program
sby Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, December 2017) On June 28, 1995, the Cleveland City Council passed legislation which increased parking, admissions and motor vehicle leasing taxes. The legislation allowed the money to be used for extracurricular activities for the Cleveland Schools, repairs for the football stadium and the general fund of the City of…
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Urban Community School and Urban Squash Cleveland to build new Youth Development Center on Lorain Avenue
(Plain Press, December 2017) Urban Community School and Urban Squash Cleveland broke ground in late October for Urban Squash Cleveland’s Youth Development Center. Urban Community School President Tom Gill says the new 10,000 square foot building will be on Lorain Avenue at W. 47th Street. Gill says the brick on the new building will…
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Invest in Children expands Universal Pre-Kindergarten program
(Plain Press, October 2017) The number of newly available high quality pre-kindergarten education slots available in Invest in Children’s Universal Pre-K (UPK) program more than doubled this year with the addition of 2,600 new slots. At a September 12 press conference at Horizon Education Centers- Market Square Pre-Kindergarten Site, Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish touted…