Equity in CH-UH

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Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District

Equity in CH-UH

Our District's Policy

In 2016, CH-UH implemented an Educational Equity Policy, the first of its kind in Cuyahoga County. Educational equity addresses the polices, practices, programs, personnel and resources required to ensure access to educational opportunity and achievement for all students. Educational equity benefits all students, and our entire community.

Equity Task Force

Guiding Statements

Mission: The Equity Task Force seeks to create educational equity to raise achievement for all students, especially for students of color, by building awareness and celebrating culture and differences, and providing differentiated resources, because responsibility for disparity rests with adults, not children.

Vision: CH-UH is a responsive, reflective, and honest community which embraces cultural differences to prepare all students for global success.  Race must cease to be a predictor of student achievement.

National School Boards Association's Definition of Educational Equity: "We affirm in our actions that each student can, will, and shall learn. We recognize that based on factors including but not limited to disability, race, ethnicity, and socio-economic status, students are deprived of equitable educational opportunities. Educational equity is the intentional allocation of resources, instruction, and opportunities according to need, requiring that discriminatory practices, prejudices, and beliefs be identified and eradicated."
The CH-UH Educational Equity Champions initiative was developed to expand support for District staff, the Strategic Plan, and Educational Equity Policy Goals. By expanding opportunities, supporting systemic transformation, and integrating the District’s policy, this program builds individual agency in leading social justice initiatives and systemic change. Below are the Champions for the 2022-2023 school year.

Boulevard Elementary: Sabrina Green & Julie Walker
Fairfax Elementary: Lisa Smith
Gearity Professional Development School: TaRhonda Ward
Heights High: Amy Bloomberg, Kathleen Scully & Dr. Brandon Towns
Monticello: Jeannise Andres
Noble Elementary: Mary Windham
Oxford Elementary: Taniesha Jackson
Roxboro Elementary: Shelley Pulling
Roxboro Middle: Suzanne Nelson
Board of Education: Erin Hanna, Toia Robinson-Snowden

Testimonials

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