Cleveland schools to delay return to in-person learning by one week
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The Cleveland Metropolitan School District will delay its plan to return to the classroom by one week, CEO Eric S. Gordon said in a Feb. 25 letter to the community.
The district on Feb. 19 outlined a plan to start the switch from the remote learning model it has been employing during the COVID-19 pandemic to a hybrid one. Under that plan, the first group of students was expected to start in-person learning on March 1. That group will now start the transition to a hybrid model of learning on March 8.
Cleveland Metropolitan School District delays return to in-person learning
Cleveland Metropolitan School District delays return to in-person learning By Avery Williams and Brian Duffy | February 25, 2021 at 11:48 AM EST - Updated March 6 at 8:20 AM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland students will not re-enter the classroom until the week of March 8, Eric Gordon, CEO of Cleveland Metropolitan School District, announced in a Thursday message to parents and families.
CMSD will delay the phased-in return of students by one week, with Phase 1 students returning to school the week of March 8, Phase 2 students returning to school the week of March 15, and Phase 3 students returning to school the week of March 22.
Easing of COVID-19 restrictions for spring events
DeWine announced that Ohio s sporting and entertainment events will be able to reopen with 25 percent maximum indoor capacity and 30 percent maximum outdoor capacity provided they follow established precautions such as mandatory mask wearing for employees and customers, spectator pathways that allow for social distancing, and seating in groups in six-foot intervals of no more than six people from the same household.
General admission (lawns, standing room, infields) will be permitted if masks are worn and if six-foot distancing can be marked and maintained.
The governor added that guidance for proms, banquets, wedding receptions, fairs, festivals, and parades is forthcoming.
Holden Arboretum launches People for Trees campaign to green up balding patches of Cleveland, Northeast Ohio Steven Litt, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio Government can only do so much to solve the tree-cover crisis that’s spreading bald patches across Northeast Ohio, making communities uglier, less livable, more polluted, and more vulnerable to flooding, erosion and heat waves.
That’s why the nonprofit Holden Forests & Gardens is launching a “People for Trees,’ a campaign to enlist volunteers to plant 15,000 trees across the region by 2025.
Holden, which operates a 3,500-acre arboretum in Kirtland and the 11-acre Cleveland Botanical Garden in University Circle, hopes to enlist some of its 17,000 members, 1,500 volunteers and 380,000 annual visitors to buy, plant, and care for the trees on private property, in yards or businesses.
Students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District will have to wait an extra week before shifting to the recently released hybrid in-person learning schedule. CMSD CEO Eric Gordon notified parents of the changes in a letter Thursday morning in which he said there are a "number of important things that must be in place in order for us to ensure a transition that is not only safe, but is also as smooth as possible for both students and.