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Issue 4: What does passage mean for neighborhood schools?
(Plain Press, November 2014) Issue 4 on the November 4th Ballot asks Cleveland voters to extend the bond issue originally passed by Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) voters in 2001. Since Issue 4 is a renewal, the district stresses it will not raise taxes. The CMSD notes that the bond issue will cost the owner…
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Luis Muñoz Marin mentoring program receives an assist from Wal-Mart
(Plain Press, November 2014) CMSD NEWS BUREAU— Walmart came this September with a $1,000 check for Luis Muñoz Marin School, but school leaders are convinced that there’s a much bigger payoff to come for their students. That’s because the cash donation is really just secondary support for “Mi Futuro” (Spanish for “My Future”) a yearlong…
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Cleveland bilingual students sharpen English in summer school
(Plain Press, August 2014) CMSD NEWS BUREAU 7/3/2014 Students attending summer school at Thomas Jefferson International Newcomers Academy this summer, worked to bring their reading up to grade level while also mastering a new language. Nearly 40 students who were in the second and third grades during the 2013-14 school year took part in a…
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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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Summer Camp prepares students for life at Max Hayes High School
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2014) Forty-one students celebrated the completion of the Take it to the Max! Summer Camp at Max Hayes High School, 4600 Detroit Avenue on June 26, 2014. The three-week camp for eighth grade graduates entering the ninth grade, focused on teaching students skills in communications, computer aided design, machining,…
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Funds promised Cleveland school children cut, while Cleveland stadium allocation is increased
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, July 2014) On June 28, 1995, Cleveland City Council passed resolution number 1025-A-95 allowing that revenue from levying a parking facility tax, and revenue from increases in the motor vehicle lessor tax and the admissions tax “can be used to fund recreational, cultural and extracurricular programs within the Cleveland School…
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Lincoln West Wolverines win Senate baseball championship for 3rd consecutive year
(Plain Press, July 2014) For the third year in a row, the Lincoln West High School Wolverines won the Senate Baseball Championship thanks to a spectacular defensive performance in the seventh and final inning of the game. In a game played in May on Progressive Field in Downtown Cleveland, Lincoln West won 7-6 over Rhodes…
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Seeds of Literacy receives grant to support adult literacy programs
(Plain Press, July 2014)In early June, Seeds of Literacy, headquartered at W. 25th and Clark Avenue, received a $12,000 grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to support its adult literacy program. “Funds from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation will help us to serve over 1,000 students this year,“ states Bonnie Entler, Executive Director of…
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