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Parents, teachers and community members tell council proposed CMSD calendar cuts would harm students; Newton D. Baker closure criticized
Summary
Parents, a teacher, and community members told Cleveland City Council on March 31 that proposed cuts to Cleveland Metropolitan School District instructional time and the planned closure of Newton D. Baker School would harm student attendance and outcomes.
Parents, teachers and community members used the March 31 public-comment period to press Cleveland City Council and Mayor Justin Bibb to oppose proposed cuts to instructional time in Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) and to challenge the district's plan to close Newton D. Baker School at the end of the year.
Dr. Stacy Stegard, a Collinwood resident and education-policy researcher, told council members she and her wife have three children in CMSD and that extended-school-year and extended-school-day calendars correlate with better attendance and student outcomes. She cited the district's own study and said the district's stated savings from…
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