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JANUARY 10, 2010

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WHATEVER IT TAKES

SANDERS’ TRANSFORMATION PLAN

When a local school closes, neighborhood feels the loss

How mall is handled is critical to project
Public spaces must not be afterthought in designing med mart
What a relief! Construction of the long-delayed medical mart and convention center
complex could start this fall in downtown Cleveland, thanks to an agreement finalized
Thursday between Cuyahoga County and MMPI Inc. of Chicago. The construction administration
agreement, negotiated for the county by S tev en L i tt Cleveland attorney Jeff Appelbaum,
sets timetables and assigns clear and logical responsibilities for all parties in
the $425 million, publicly financed project. What’s missing now, however, is a
fundamental understanding that the public spaces, parks and pedestrian connections
among the plan’s various components have a bedrock importance to the success of
the project. The danger is that internal, functional requirements of the medical
mart and convention center will drive all major design decisions, leaving public
space as an afterthought to be prettied up with shrubbery. The downtown mall, which
does double duty as the roof of the city’s underground convention center, is the
main issue. When rebuilt, it needs to be able to hold large crowds, to support trees,
to look and feel safe and inviting, to be easily navigable in a wheelchair or with
a stroller and, above all, to be beautiful.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY TRACY BOULIAN

THE PLAIN DEALER

Nearly five years since it closed, Willson School stands neglected and abandoned
on East 55th Street in Cleveland. Many residents fear such a blight could become
part of their community should their neighborhood school close.

Cleveland district’s reform proposal would shut 18 buildings, but some residents
say closings could spell a community’s end
El l e n J an Kleinerm a n a n d Ro bert L . Smi t h Plain Dealer Reporters fter
walking their children inside Tremont Montessori School Thursday morning, a group
of parents hovered outside the building, reluctant to leave despite the bitter cold.
The news of the day had their temperatures rising. How would their kids manage, how
would their neighborhood fare, they asked one another, if their beloved school were
to close? “Without the school, this community could crumble,” said Rachael Toth,
a mother of two. “People want to build a family without moving to the suburbs,
and Tremont is where they can do that because of this neighborhood school.” The
neighborhood school is a newfound treasure to many families in Cleveland. see PLAN
A12

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AERIAL VIEW: A look at the specifics of the plans to acquire a site for the proposed
medical mart. Graphic, A10

SUNDAY VOICES
Victoria Reed of Old Brooklyn escorts son Jeremiah, 9, to school at Tremont Montessori
on Thursday morning. The building is one of 18 that schools CEO Eugene Sanders would
close as part of his plan to shrink the district and redistribute resources.

regina brett Learn to treasure what a snowy day offers us. Metro, B1 terry pluto
Thoughts on why Mike Holmgren decided to keep Mangini. Sports, C9 connie schultz
Hit the gym before you have to board an airplane. Forum, G1
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METRO: Students, parents speak out. B1

FORUM: Sanders’ school plan offers promise for success. G3

Turnout for H1N1 vaccinations far short of expectations
1 in 5 high-risk Ohioans have received flu vaccine
Ha rlan Spector Plain Dealer Reporter
Fewer than 2 in 10 pregnant women in Ohio have been vaccinated against H1N1 flu,
even though they are among those most at risk for flu-related health problems. Overall,
according to state vaccination data, only 1 in 5 Ohioans considered at highest risk
— including health care workers and children with medical problems — were vaccinated
through the end of 2009, despite an ambitious public health campaign carried out
since the fall. The Ohio Department of Health data, obtained through a public-records
request, also show that only 39 percent of Cuyahoga County’s 44,000 health care
and emergency medical service workers have protected themselves against the H1N1
virus. Health care workers were given the first doses to protect them

cleveland.com/datacentral Find county-by-county statistics on H1N1 vaccines administered
for high-priority groups such as pregnant women and health care workers
and the patients they come in contact with. Vaccination rates are better than they
appear because providers are behind in their reporting, say Ohio Department of Health
officials. But results thus far are not encouraging.

About 4 million doses have been distributed in Ohio, and the data show fewer than
1 million had been administered through Dec. 30. National surveys show that 50 percent
to 60 percent of all adults have either gotten the vaccine or plan to get it for
themselves or their children. State and local rates among children at the highest
risk remain well below that. In the seven-county Northeast Ohio region, 13 percent
of kids 6 months to 5 years old were vaccinated in 2009.



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