The Cleveland Metropolitan School District will be moving forward with its plans to build a new school using a portion of Cudell Park.
We don’t just report the initial story—we follow through to its conclusion. Read and watch our previous reporting on this story below and see more stories that we've followed through on here.The new Marion Seltzer School's construction will lead to a number of trees being taken down, and a group called the Friends of Cudell Commons Park has been pushing back on this construction."We're not lying down to g fuet steamrolled over," Zimmerman said.
Originally, the district planned to begin construction last August with the plans of completing it by August of 2025.We have learned that the temporary restraining order has been lifted, allowing us to proceed with the Marion Seltzer construction project.
We continue to explore options to save our city park -- the only park many kids in our neighborhood can walk to. With Mayor Bibb's focus on the Climate Mayors group, as well as on environmental justice and our vital tree canopy, he has an opportunity to turn his words and mission statement to action. We hope to schedule a community meeting with him. We would also invite the new CMSD CEO to meet with us.