CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Matthew McConaughey is adding his Just Keep Livin Foundation to two Cleveland high schools. According to the organizations website, Martin Luther King Jr. and John Adams High School will be getting the program. Yahoo did a report with McConaughey in Cleveland, he explains why he is adding the programs to the […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s historic visit to Glenville High School. He delivered a piercing speech to the students on April 26, 1967. Listen to his full speech, courtesy of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District: He started his speech by saying, “I never feel like a […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A Cleveland honors student hospitalized after being stomped and bullied at school. She tells Cleveland 19, it was all over a boot! The attack happened Monday at John F. Kennedy High School. The 16-year-old does not want to be identified on camera. She’s suffering from a bruised eye, spinal injury, concussion […]
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Metropolitan School District could see the construction of 19 new schools in the years ahead, if the school board approves a proposed facilities plan. Board members will review the plan at a special meeting Monday evening and they could adopt it by resolution as early as Tuesday. The goal is […]
CLEVELAND – Despite a packed house of teachers armed with blue shirts and signs reading, “I support my sister”, the Cleveland School board voted 9-0 to approve recommendations to fire 17 teachers. The teachers were notified earlier this month that their contracts would not be renewed. “They were blindsided,” said Cleveland Teachers Union president […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – On several occasions 19 Action News has aired cell phone video showing violence erupting inside John Adams High School in Cleveland. The officials speaking for the Cleveland Metropolitan Schools tell us there are a lot of good things going on at John Adams and they’re probably right. We’ve asked […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Two violent incidents near Cleveland high schools. Both happened just before 3 p.m. Monday. The first happened near Collinwood High School on St. Clair Avenue near East 153rd Street. This is a report of a student assaulted. The second happened near JFK High School at Lee and Harvard. This is […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – On Thursday, March 6, the Cleveland Metropolitan School District announced their ten new “Investment Schools“. This is part of the district’s initiative to transform underperforming schools by providing extra funding and attention where needed the most. The news conference was held at Robert H. Jamison School, 4092 E. 146th St. […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland teachers and many parents showed up to voice their concern to the school board Tuesday night. They are angry over proposed cuts to the budget. The Cleveland school district is adopting what is called Student-Based budgeting in order to trim $21 million from their expenses — but promises there will be […]
CLEVELAND – More than 300 schools were closed or on a delay Friday morning. The Cleveland Metropolitan School District made the decision early to close. NewsChannel5 received a written statement explaining the protocol used to close CMSD: 1. We use a threshold of “when the wind combines with the temperature to make it feel […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – City and school officials attended a ribbon cutting at the newly constructed Miles School Thursday morning. The school is located at 11918 Miles Avenue. The 63,000 square foot Miles School will be a technologically innovative facility serving students in pre-kindergarten through grade 8. This school is part of the Cleveland […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Students in Cleveland schools aren’t doing very well, according to the National Assessment of Educational Process. The NAEP report, out Thursday, shows how well CMSD students did on tests in February and March of 2013, last school year. Out of 21 large city districts in the nation, Cleveland students scores came in second […]