• Max Hayes High School offers pre-apprenticeship program in building and construction trades

    (Plain Press, October 2015) (CMSD News Bureau) Max S. Hayes High School will offer a pre-apprenticeship program that puts students on a fast track to jobs in the construction trades. State approval of the Building and Property Maintenance and Construction Technologies program was announced Aug. 31 at a grand-opening celebration for the career and technical…


  • MetroHealth opens Cleveland students’ eyes to health careers

    (Plain Press, October 2015)  CMSD NEWS BUREAU New vistas opened on September 15th for some Cleveland Metropolitan School District high school students – all they had to do was cut through the MetroHealth System cafeteria, pass the cash registers and turn right. Nearly 50 ninth-graders from Lincoln-West and James F. Rhodes high schools gathered in a…


  • 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…


  • 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…


  • 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 …


  • Hispanic UMADAOP and Clark-Fulton MyCom Coalition to host “HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT”

    (Plain Press, March 2015) Looks can be deceiving. That’s the message behind a unique traveling exhibit created by the Bath and Copley Township Police Departments.  The display is called “Hidden in Plain Sight.”  The departments constructed what appears to be at first glance the bedroom of an average teenager.  However, amidst the clutter of clothing…


  • Hispanic UMADAOP Youth Center celebrates grand reopening

    (Plain Press, January 2015) The Hispanic UMADAOP Youth Center (Gruss Hall) at 3115 Scranton Road, celebrated its grand re-opening on December 8th. Jonathan Rivera, the Hispanic UMADAOP Youth Center’s new director, who grew up just down the street from Gruss Hall, says he used friends and contacts from the community to help with the renovation…


  • Lincoln West community reaches out with gifts for neighborhood youth

    (Plain Press, January 2015) Lincoln West High School students, faculty and staff helped to make Christmas special for children in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood. A weeklong toy drive, spearheaded by Lincoln West senior Jangelis Rodriguez, culminated on December 19th. Generous donations by students, faculty, staff and community partners resulted in cash donations of nearly $400. In…


  • 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…


  • MetroHealth offers internships, mentoring to Lincoln-West students

    (Plain Press, November 2014) CMSD NEWS BUREAU The MetroHealth System will provide education, internships and mentoring to students from Lincoln-West High School in hopes of spurring the teenagers’ interest in health careers. Students will begin the two-year program as juniors. The first group of 28 spent a morning in early September at MetroHealth’s hospital campus…