Oxford Elementary, Lee Road Library, Community Center Closed Wednesday Due to Power Outages

All other CH-UH students will have school, branches will be open Oct. 31.

Most Cleveland Heights-University Heights students are heading back to school today. But due to a power outage at Oxford Elementary School, students who attend that school will have another day at home. Lee Road Library also still does not have power. That branch will remain closed. The University Heights, Noble Road and Coventry Village branches will be open at 9 a.m., but patrons will not have computer access. People can check out books and plug in their devices because they have power, but because the Lee Road Library does not have power, the computer system is not available. If the Lee Road Library's power comes back on, it will open at 1 p.m. today. Check the library's Facebook page for updates. The Cleveland Heights Community Center …

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LOOK: Oxford Elementary Pilot Classrooms

Parents and residents toured pilot classrooms, a preview of the CH-UH facilities master plan.

The Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District showed residents and parents the new pilot classrooms at Oxford Elementary School before its special meeting, Tuesday, Oct. 16. The pilot, part of the facilities master plan, is housed in five classrooms and 6,200 square feet of space in the first-grade wing of 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 For more information on the pilot …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Sneak Peek: Roxboro Middle School Pilot Classrooms

We're still working on an article about the CH-UH pilot classrooms at Roxboro, Oxford and Heights High, but for now, here are some photos of the new space.

The Cleveland Heights-University Heights School Board meeting was held at Roxboro Middle School Tuesday night so that parents and community members could see the new pilot classrooms, which are part of the facilities master plan. We're still working on an article with all of the details about these classrooms, but for now, we thought we'd share the photos we took from the Aug. 21 meeting. A few have been posted here, but to see the full gallery, visit our Facebook page, and "like" us to get news updates throughout the day.

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Board of Elections Changes 3 Polling Locations in Cleveland Heights

Voters who cast their ballots at Severance Towers, Oxford Elementary School or Boulevard Elementary School will move to new locations.

A heads up to Cleveland Heights residents who normally vote at Severance Towers, Oxford Elementary School or Boulevard Elementary School — those polling locations have been eliminated. Voters who cast their ballots at Severance Towers will move to Cleveland Heights City Hall, Oxford voters will go to Caledonia Elementary School and Boulevard folks will move to the Cleveland Heights Community Center, according to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. Because the Community Center is a new polling location, Cleveland Heights now has 16 places to vote instead of 18 and the same number of voters and precincts — 34,317 registered and divided into 37 precincts. The BOE has moved some other precincts as well to try and reduce congestion, said …

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Garry Kanter

6:45 am on Tuesday, July 3, 2012

"...and the same number of voters and precincts — 34,317 registered and divided into 37 precincts." While the 34,317 figure is accurately reported, it is, unfortunately, a wildly inflated number. Cuyahoga County voter rolls are grossly overstated - think Hotel California - "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave." Unless someone self-reports when they relocate out of the …   more ›

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 …

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Resident Captures Foreclosed Home Being Demolished

Thanks to Lisa Rainsong, who posted this photo of a home being taken down near Oxford Elementary. "It had to go and I thank the city for its demolition. But how sad for our neighborhood - five other houses near us have had to be torn down already!"

VIDEO: Noble Elementary Collects More Than 1,000 Stuffed Animals for Providence House

Students collected bears and other stuffed animals so that children at Providence House would have "something to hug"

Students in all grades at Noble Elementary School and teachers collected more than 1,000 bears and other stuffed animals for children in need.  Sean Sullivan, a fifth-grade science teacher at Noble Elementary, first started the tradition at Oxford Elementary. This was Noble's first year participating in the collection. The school celebrated the students' work Dec. 21 with a special visit from Cleveland Heights Mayor Ed Kelley. A few students and teachers delivered the bears Dec. 22 to Providence House, a Cleveland-based organization that assists children who have experienced homelessness, abuse, neglect or other crisis situations.

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