School in Fall 2020

August 4, 2020 NeoSTEM Webinar with area education leaders

‘There is going to be a renaissance coming out of this’
– Eric Gordon, CEO of Cleveland Metropolitan School District

School leaders discuss needs for the 2020-2021 school year

What do you have to offer to support students, families and educators during the coming 2020-2021 school year?

This was the organizing question for NeoSTEM’s August 4 webinar featuring Eric Gordon, chief executive officer of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District; Mark Curtis, president of the Twinsburg Board of Education; Cynthia Booker, a local media teacher and Kasey Morgan, network manager of MyCom.

From simple encouragement for families to safe space where children can go when school buildings don’t open this fall, the panelists offered a variety of ways for the community to support learning needs of students throughout Northeast Ohio in the Fall.

Watch the webinar here.

Read a summary of the webinar here.

Connect with the panelists:

Cynthia Booker – cyntnews@outlook.com

Mark Curtis – mark.curtis@mapleschools.com

Eric Gordon – Eric.Gordon@ClevelandMetroSchools.org

Kasey Morgan – kasey@mycomcle.org

The NeoSTEM Ecosystem is keeping a close watch on school district plans for the Fall with the hope that its network can best support the students, families, teachers and administrators of the region.

If you have a program to offer, please tell us about it here.
If you have another resource to offer, please reach out to Alyssa Briggs at AlyssaBriggs@tiesteach.org

Latest News About School Reopening Plans for Fall 2020 and Other News Related to Schools and the COVID 19 Pandemic:

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The Ohio Department of Health is regularly updating a county by county map showing cases of the Coronavirus

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Coronavirus restrictions and closings in Northeast Ohio for Monday, Aug. 3, 2020 - cleveland.com

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Parents, students rally for reopening schools at Cleveland Catholic Diocese headquarters

The issue of whether to re-open school buildings is becoming politically charged with many expressing strong feelings on the issue. Read and watch an account of a rally for reopening of local Catholic schools provided by News 5 in Cleveland.