Plain Press

  • 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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  • July 2014 Issue of the Plain Press

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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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  • School District works to increase number of students meeting third grade reading guarantee

    (Plain Press, July 2014)According to the latest announcement by the Cleveland Metropolitan School District,nearly 80 percent of CMSD third-graders complied with Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee during the 2013-14 school year, roughly doubling the number who met the standard in the fall. As of October, only 40 percent of third-graders had scored well enough on…

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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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  • Max Hayes Car Show

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, May 24th, 2014; Car Show, Max Hayes Career and Technical High School, 4600 Detroit Avenue: Jim Ables of Columbia Station gives this 1928 Pontiac 2-Door a rubdown. Ables says he has owned the vehicle since 2000.

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  • Legal Aid Hosts Free Legal Advice Clinics

    by Mac Bailey (Plain Press, July 2014)Legal Aid’s mission is to secure justice for low-income residents by providing high-quality legal services that come at no cost. If you have a civil legal issue, but can’t afford an attorney, the Legal Aid Society can help. A primary way of getting started with Legal Aid is by…

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  • Lincoln-West senior Yu Zhang presented $10K scholarship at prom

    (Plain Press, June 2014)  (CMSD News Bureau) The Lincoln-West High School prom began in a special way on Friday May 21 as District Board Chair Denise Link presented a $10,000 scholarship check to senior “Mike” Yu Zhang at the Ridge Manor Party Center, where Lincoln West students were gathering for the annual dinner-and-dance party. Link  won…

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