CLEVELAND – Students at Max Hayes High School presented the City of Cleveland with a refurbished police cruiser that they repaired after it was damaged during the Cavs championship celebrations. Students in the Auto Collision Repair program spent the last year and a half dismantling and rebuilding the cruiser. Fans jumped on the hood and […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – As it does every year, on Thursday the Ohio Department of Education(ODE) published report cards for school districts and schools for the 2016-2017 school year. According to a news release from the ODE, “Districts and schools were graded on six components for the 2016-2017 school year. The components are Achievement, Progress, Gap Closing, Graduation Rate, […]
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Metropolitan School District board will not be voting on the $250 million nuCLEus project at Tuesday’s board meeting as originally planned. The project, being developed by Stark Enterprises, would add a 54-story tower complete with businesses, restaurants, a hotel and apartments. CMSD said a meeting is being scheduled between city and county officials […]
DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The former leader of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Barbara Byrd Bennett, will be sentenced on Friday for crimes committed while she was CEO of Chicago Schools. Her sentencing memorandum shows she admitted what she did and apologized. But details of what she did paint a grim picture of her corruption. That story […]
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) – Two Cleveland mothers said they are “livid” after seeing video of their teenage daughters being “inappropriately” grabbed by a Cleveland Metropolitan School District security officer. Cleveland 19’s Chris Tanaka talked to Chief Investigator Carl Monday about the story in the above video. To protect the identities of the mothers and their […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Sixty-one employees of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District were scammed out of their paychecks earlier this week. The district received notice on Jan. 13 that some of their employees were the victim of an email spoofing scam that resulted in their direct deposit paychecks being sent to an unknown third party […]
CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Metropolitan School District is offering a summer meal program this year in partnership with the Greater Cleveland Food Bank. The program offers breakfast, lunch and dinner to anyone in Cleveland under 18 years of age, for free. Adults are invited to eat breakfast, when accompanied by children for $2.50. Lunch and […]
GARFIELD HTS., Ohio – A Cleveland elementary school teacher may have had contact with the Ebola patient, according to the Cleveland Metro School District. The district says it learned late Wednesday evening of the potential contact the teacher who works at Cranwood Elementary School may have had. The City Health Department said students, families and staff are […]
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 – 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) – 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 […]