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Students with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District will learn remotely during their first week of school back from winter break. CMSD CEO Eric Gordon notified families Wednesday that the decision was made to safeguard students and staff from the threat of COVID-19.

Updated: 1:15 p.m., Tuesday, March 9, 2021 Cleveland Metropolitan School District teachers with the will head back to their classrooms starting Wednesday, according to a joint statement from CMSD and the Cleveland Teacher’s Union. District CEO Eric Gordon said the district was able to address remaining pandemic-related health and safety concerns raised by the CTU about returning to in-person teaching.

The Cleveland Teachers Union (CTU) voted to continue with remote learning on March 8, citing concerns over safety. The decision came Thursday night, after the 500-plus person membership convened virtually.

Updated: 5:18 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021 Federal prosecutors accused a former Cleveland public schools employee of breaching the Senate chamber during last week’s pro-Trump storming of the U.S. Capitol building. Christine Priola is charged with unlawful entry, disorderly conduct and unlawful activities on Capitol grounds, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court Thursday.

Updated: 5:44 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021 Federal agents searched the home of a former Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) employee Friday night. She is suspected of participating in the Wednesday insurrection at the U.S. Capitol Building. No one was taken into custody, according to the FBI.

The new federal coronavirus relief bill awaiting President Trump’s signature includes $54 billion for K-12 schools nationwide. The amount is four times more than schools received through the CARES Act, passed in March, but far less than what Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon asked Congress for this summer.

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School district administrations throughout Ohio are “probably relieved” Gov. Mike DeWine made the call to keep students at K-12 schools out of the classroom for the remainder of the school year, Akron Public Schools spokesperson Mark Williamson speculated Tuesday, especially when reopening schools May 1 would have invited so many difficult questions with such short notice.