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The Heights Schools and Heights Teachers Union are sparring over reopening on March 1. (Chris Mosby, Patch)
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH — After the Cleveland Heights Teachers Union lambasted the district for planning a March 1 return to in-person education, Superintendent Elizabeth Kirby has responded.
In an open letter to the union, Kirby said returning to classrooms by March 1 will get staffers vaccinated quicker than remaining remote through the end of the school year. She also said many students are suffering in the remote-only model.
"While teachers have worked hard to implement remote learning this year, as I review the attendance, assessment and grade data for the first semester, it is clear that remote learning is simply not meeting the needs of many of our students," Kirby wrote.