From falling ceiling tiles to malfunctioning heaters, students at Cleveland High School are familiar with the daily perils of attending a school built almost 100 years ago that desperately needs updated. The move to the Marshall campus next year while the school undergoes complete demolition isn’t ideal, but was seen as a necessary decision by a majority of the community.
However, as Cleveland enters the final stages of preparation for the remodel, new voices have emerged, threatening to shake up the district’s plans. Alexander Krach, the former Historic Commissioner for the city of Ashland, is leading a final effort to halt the demolition of the school, hoping to protect its historical integrity.
“The original Cleveland High School building has stood for nearly 100 years. It has earned the right to equal and fair consideration,” he wrote in a statement to the Clarion and Cleveland High School…