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Rep. Boyd and State Superintendent To Hold Public Meeting Dec. 17 |
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State Representative Barbara Boyd (D-Cleveland Heights) will host an information sharing meeting with special guest Deborah Delisle, State School Superintendent, this Thursday, December 17, 2009. The meeting, free and open to the public, will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Heights Community Center located at 1 Monticello Boulevard in Cleveland Heights.
"We are positioning Ohio's schools to provide the leaders of the next generation, and Ms. Delisle will play a major role in making that effort a success," said Rep. Boyd. "The Comprehensive Education Reform legislation passed earlier this year ensures that we have an equitable school funding plan. This key investment in our future recognizes the impact that a 21st Century education system can have on Ohio's long-term economic success."
Superintendent Delisle is expected to discuss key issues facing education in Ohio, including the potentially disastrous impact on Ohio schools if the Ohio Senate fails to approve a budget balancing measure before the end of the year.
Prior to her becoming state superintendent of public instruction in October of 2008, Superintendent Delisle served as superintendent of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District.
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Student Film Festival Spotlights Veterans' Stories |
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Everyone Has a Story: The War Experience
On Saturday, December 19, 3 p.m. in the Wiley Professional Development School Auditorium, the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District will host a mini film festival featuring short documentaries produced by Heights High students.
Fourteen teams of students produced the digitally recorded video stories about men and women in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Falklands, Grenada, and the first Gulf War.
The stories offer a first person accounting from the military and civilian perspective of war, the sacrifice, service, and relationships formed during times of military action.
The event is dedicated to the service and lives of those honored in the documentaries, especially to Terry Fitten, who died in an October robbery but whose words of wisdom touched everyone who worked on this project.
Each documentary will be about five minutes long and will include a short introduction from the student producers.
The project included students in Karen Bauer-Blazer's American History class, Margaret Hull's AP Literature and Composition class, and Jeff Glass' Video Production class during the 2008-2009 school year.
Grants from Reaching Heights and the Cleveland Heights Alumni Association helped make the project possible.
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