MetroHealth opened up a mass vaccination site in Maple Heights, a suburb that s about 75% black. We looked at vaccination percentages by zip code, we saw a significant need in that location and we quickly rented an empty county building and converted it into a clinic,” said Akram Boutros, MD, MetroHealth CEO.
Boutros says access - that s getting people with transportation issues to the shot - is important.
“Things like free parking, lots of highway access, access to public transportation, eliminates some of those barriers,” said Boutros.
Proximity and easy access is the reason Dawn Robinson chose MetroHealth s Maple Heights vaccination site.
State Sen. Sandra Williams announces campaign for Cleveland mayor
State Senator Sandra Williams
State Sen. Sandra Williams, a Democrat representing the 21st district, formally announced a campaign to become Cleveland s next mayor, according to a statement released Monday, May 3.
Williams, a Cleveland native, is serving her second term in the Ohio Senate. If elected, she would be the first Black woman to serve as Cleveland s mayor.
Williams represents parts of Cuyahoga County, including portions of Cleveland, Maple Heights and Cleveland Heights. She serves as ranking member on the following Senate committees: Energy and Public Utilities; Workforce and Higher Education; and Ways and Means.
13-year-old Maple Heights boy bench presses 225 pounds, breaks record in World Raw Powerlifting Federation For a kid they never seen lift, for him to come in and set the world record off his first tournament, it was huge. Author: Jasmine Monroe Updated: 6:06 AM EDT May 3, 2021
MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio Sean McCall isn’t just your average kid. At 13 years old, he s lifting 225 pounds. It s an accomplishment that broke the bench press world record with the World Raw Powerlifting Federation.
“I was just chill because I wasn’t that surprised about it because the amount of work I put in, he said.
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All in for Ohio kids
April 28, 2021
April 28, 2021
Fully and fairly funding Ohio’s public schools
Great public schools provide a foundation of opportunity for children, their families, communities and the entire state. All children, regardless of ZIP code, race or family income deserve to be educated in fully and fairly funded schools. In fact, the framers of Ohio’s constitution required the state to provide a “thorough and efficient system of common schools” for all students.[1] Yet for many years Ohio lawmakers have provided neither sufficient nor fair distribution of state support. Even as policymakers have expected public schools to do more, they have cut state aid to public schools over time, by allowing it to be eroded by inflation and diversion of funds to charter schools (called “community schools” in Ohio law) and vouchers (scholarships to private schools). As a result, public schools have increasingly relied on local resources, which causes unequal funding