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Ch Uh Master Facilities Plan

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Start With Heights High And 'Show Us What You've Got': Letter To The Editor

The phasing of the proposed CH-UH master facilities plan should change so that work on the high school starts first.

To the Editor: I am a strong supporter of the overall goals of the (Cleveland Heights-University Heights City) school system: making sure that each child in the district has the opportunity to receive an excellent education, which provides adequate preparation for future success as a contributing member of our society. I recognize the need for major renovations of our aging facilities to reshape them into sustainable structures that will enable and enhance these goals. Rather, like the poor old joke whose punch line was “The operation was a success, although the patient died,” Plan C, the most recent iteration of the administration’s vision, fails a crucial political and economic viability test in removing University Heights’ only …

Claire Robinson May

1:58 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012

The board is between a political rock and a hard place on this now. Starting with Heights High is the best solution I've heard to the current impasse. And for those of us with younger kids in the district, we'd have something great to look forward to, rather than anticipating ongoing disruption and construction for the remainder of our children's educational years.   more ›

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