Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Christine Priola resigned from her CMSD job on Jan. 7, 2021 and was arrested seven days later.

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The board unanimously voted to change the names of Patrick Henry Elementary School, Louis Agassiz Elementary School and Thomas Jefferson International Newcomers Academy to Stephanie Tubbs Jones Elementary School, Mary Church Terrell Elementary School and Natividad Pagan International Newcomers Academy, respectively.

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Gordon estimates the district can recover from the academic losses caused by the pandemic in three to five years.

From teachers, to bus drivers to custodians and lunchroom workers, the Cleveland school district is mandating anti-bias lessons.

In an email to CMSD educators, CMSD CEO Eric Gordon said that while the district is not announcing a mask-optional policy, he is asking “all employees to suspend the enforcement of the mask policy.”

For students going to college for the first time, being out on your own can be both intimidating and exciting. But after a senior year in high school that was completely rocked by the pandemic, freshmen are embracing the nerves and normalcy of being on campus. Aja Leatherwood’s dorm room at Case Western Reserve University is a tiny space, but the freshman keeps her things organized. There’s a lot of stuffed characters, or ‘plushies,’ on Leatherwood’s bed and around her room.