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Tax incentives waste resources and cripple efforts to end child poverty
By Chuck Hoven (Plain Press January 2024) The City of Cleveland’s policies are not only not producing growth in population, but they are also driving people out of the city. One resident opposed to an inappropriate development proposed for Lorain Avenue and some residential areas north of Lorain between W. 45th and W. 44th…
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School board meeting shows successes and failures
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press January 2024) The December 12th Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD0 Board of Education meeting held at the Cleveland School of the Arts in the University Circle neighborhood was a study in contrasts. The meeting was a report by Principal Michelle Perez on the Cleveland School of Science and Medicine;…
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Cleveland Metropolitan School District projects huge deficits beginning next school year
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press December 2023) The Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s (CMSD)Five-Year Forecast projects huge deficits beginning in the 2024-25 Fiscal Year. Presented at the November 21st Board of Education meeting held at Max Hayes High School, the forecast indicates an unencumbered positive cash balance of $125.1 million at the end of this…
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Cleveland School Board votes for a more restrictive public participation policy
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, November 2023) Many observers of the Cleveland Municipal School District Board of Education are wondering why, with all the important issues the Board needs to address, new School Board Chairperson Sara Elaqad has chosen to initiate a pilot program that increases the restrictions on Public Comment. Elaqad, recently appointed…
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Teacher calls for funds to be restored to Comprehensive Extracurricular Activities Plan
by Errol Savage (Plain Press, November 2023) The Comprehensive Extracurricular Activities Plan (CEAP), funded by the citizens of Cleveland for the benefit of children, is being robbed. COMMENTARY Back in the 1990s our football stadium was built by taxpayers; the private owners of the stadium received a lifetime exemption from paying property taxes…
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Civics 2.0 students plead for funding for their program
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, November 2023) Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) students that participate in the extracurricular Civics 2.0 program came out in force to testify at the September meeting of the Cleveland Municipal School District Board of Education. The students were advocating for restoration of funding for their extracurricular program. During the…
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Barnes Wendling CPAs supports art programs at Urban Community School
PHOTO COURTESY BARNES WENDLING CPAs November 15, 2022, Urban Community School, 4909 Lorain Avenue: (L-R) Art Teacher Molly Geib, students: Julian Mendez, Maise McPartland, and Ilinca Rodriguez, with Principal Nora French Elementary students participate in art contest; schools receive program funds (Plain Press, December 2022) Barnes Wendling CPAs, a Northeast Ohio accounting and business…
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Cleveland Metropolitan School District receives $20 million grant from MacKenzie Scott
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, December 2022) At the November 22, 2022 meeting of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) Board of Education, Chief Executive Officer Eric Gordon announced CMSD had received a $20 million dollar donation from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. Gordon said the funds from the donation are unrestricted, meaning that the school…
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Northeast Ohioans for Budget Legislation Equality prepares to lobby for its State of Ohio budget priorities
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, December 2022) The State of Ohio must complete its next two-year budget by June 30th of 2023. The budget will govern State of Ohio spending from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025. Hoping to influence State of Ohio lawmakers in the decision-making process leading up to the…
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Cleveland Schools’ Segment 8 taking shape
by Erik Ault (Plain Press, November 2022) Plans for renovation and new construction of several schools on Cleveland’s west side are finalizing. The Segment 8 construction program affects the Marion C. Seltzer, Clark, Joseph M. Gallager and Lincoln West schools. Several community meetings have been presented to give updates about the progress of this…
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