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  • Money promised to Cleveland school children from Cleveland parking fees needs to be restored

    SCHOOLS’ PORTION SHORTED BY $1 MILLION PER YEAR SINCE 2010 To the Editor: (Plain Press, May 2015) City council just passed a major increase to the parking fees in this city. Coupled with major increases in rates at private lots, the increase in funds generated by the parking tax must be sizeable. One of the…

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  • Study places Cleveland Metropolitan School District performance in context

    (Plain Press, May 2015) CMSD NEWS BUREAU (4/16/2015) When poverty, other student demographic factors and past performance are taken into account, CMSD ranked slightly above average statewide on most indicators last school year, two higher-education leaders say in the draft of a new report. Adjusting for these factors, CMSD also fared above average when compared…

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  • Cleveland Metropolitan School District updates plans for school construction

    (Plain Press, April 2015) The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) held a series of open houses, over the past month, to gather community input on its updated construction plan for Issue 4 funds passed by voters this past November. The school district anticipates the bond issue will raise $200 million and the state of Ohio…

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  • Cleveland Metropolitan School District secures school to apprenticeship agreement with Cleveland Construction and Building Trades Council

    PROGRM WILL START IN THE FALL AT THE NEW MAX HAYES (Plain Press, April 2015) (CMSD NEWS BUREAU) A new landmark agreement, years in the making, will help move students from the classrooms at CMSD’s Max S. Hayes High School to apprenticeships in the construction trades industry. Mayor Frank G. Jackson and District CEO Eric…

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  • Residents vote to remove landmark status for historic Watterson Lake building to make way for demolition

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, April 2015) At a March 18th Community meeting held in Bethany Presbyterian Church, residents voted 22 to 3 to have historic Watterson Lake School Building on W. 74th and Detroit Avenue removed from its landmark status and demolished. The school, built in 1906 and designed by architect Frank S. Barnum,…

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  • 2015 Plain Press Community Guide

    EMERGENCY NUMBERS Fire • Police • Medical………………………………………….911 Poison Control Center……………..…….1-800-222-1222 Mental Health Crisis Hotline …………   ………623-6888 www.adamhscc.org RTA Police………………………………………. 566-5163 Safe Schools Hotline………………………771-SAFE (7233) United Way First Call for Help …..436-2000 ……or…..211   ABUSE Adult Abuse Hotline (Cuyahoga Cty DSAS)…..420-6700 Child Abuse Hotline…………………………696-KIDS (5437) Cleveland Animal Protective League………….771-4616 Cleveland Rape Crisis Center Hotline……………619-6194                                        www.clevelandrapecrisis.org …

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  • H. Barbara Booker and Sherwin-Williams create a special holiday celebration for students

    (Plain Press, January 2015) H. Barbara Booker School staff joined with employees of Sherwin-Williams to create a special holiday celebration for students of the school at 2121 W. 67th. The celebration began with the school choir led by director Cynthia Braun singing holiday songs while students in the audience at times sang along while awaiting…

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  • Cleveland Teachers Union President David Quolke initiates discussion with community on education policy

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, December 2014) On November 15th, Cleveland Teachers Union (CTU) President David Quolke and CTU First Vice President Tracy Radich met with parents and other community members to discuss school policy and to address parents’ concerns about their child’s education. Quolke tackled some tough questions and concerns of parents and brought…

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  • Federal officials applaud Cleveland’s efforts to expand access to quality preschool programs

    (Plain Press, December 2014) U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro and Roberto J. Rodríguez, Special Assistant to the President for Education, came to Cleveland on October 28th to applaud PRE4CLE’s efforts to enroll more children in high-quality preschool and to preview a new national campaign that will focus on early…

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  • NOBLE makes platform recommendations for next Ohio Budget

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, December 2014) The dust had barely settled after the November election in the State of Ohio when Northern Ohioans for Budget Legislation Equality (NOBLE) gathered to start organizing to have an impact on the next biennial State of Ohio Budget. At a Saturday, November 15th meeting NOBLE members gathered to…

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