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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Oxford Pilot Open Tonight Before CH-UH Board Meeting

Parents and residents will be able to tour pilot classrooms, a preview of the CH-UH facilities master plan.

The Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District is hosting a tour of the new pilot classrooms at Oxford Elementary School starting 5:30 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, Oct. 16. The pilot, part of the facilities master plan, is housed in five classrooms and 6,200 square feet of space at Oxford. The elementary pilot cost $290,000. A $750,000 Innovation Grant through the Ohio Department of Education's Race to the Top program helped pay for the $994,000 pilot project at Oxford and the other two schools — Legacy New Tech in Cleveland Heights High School and Roxboro Middle School's sixth-grade wing. Stay up to date on school news. Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook The CH-UH School Board will also conduct its special meeting in the …

Monday, September 24, 2012

CH-UH Will Soon Offer Tours of Pilot Classrooms

The new rooms, called learning communities, are a preview of the CH-UH facilities master plan.

Some students in the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District started the 2012-2013 school year in newly renovated spaces. As part of the CH-UH Facilities Master Plan, a team of architects created three pilot programs, a $1.65 million project, at Oxford Elementary School, Roxboro Middle School and Cleveland Heights High School. The district will soon offer weekly or bi-weekly tours of the pilots during school hours, according to a press release from CH-UH: Oxford Elementary Tours will begin on Thursday, Sept. 27, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. and will be offered every Thursday at the same time. Tours must be booked in advance. RSVP to Barb, office secretary, at 216-320-4951. Roxboro Middle Starting Wednesday, Oct. 3, tours will be …

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Pilot Classrooms Provide Preview Of CH-UH Facilities Master Plan

As part of the CH-UH Facilities Master Plan, a team of architects created three pilot programs, a $1.65 million project, at Oxford Elementary School, Roxboro Middle School and Cleveland Heights High School.

Some students in the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District started the 2012-2013 school year in newly renovated spaces. As part of the CH-UH Facilities Master Plan, a team of architects created three pilot programs, a $1.65 million project, at Oxford Elementary School, Roxboro Middle School and Cleveland Heights High School. The classrooms, which are a total of 23,400 square feet, are a preview of the work that could be done in district buildings when the plan, approved by a narrow 3-2 school board vote July 3, is funded and finalized. The CH-UH School Board hosted its Aug. 21 meeting in the Roxboro pilot, which has six renovated classrooms and will house 185 sixth-graders.  Roxboro Principal Patrick Mc Nichols talked …

UH Resident

4:18 pm on Friday, August 31, 2012

Although I have concerns with the modern-day open classroom design that the BOE seems interested in pursuing, I also think it's important to keep talking about potential school reorganization. Our district is still big enough that it should/could be able to offer residents some options beyond the simple one-size-fits-all comprehensive school model. I'd like to see a few magnet school options …   more ›

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