School is back in session – and back on the agendas of some local government agencies. Last week, Documenters covered $2.1-million to Cleveland schools for a career planning program, a new sign-up process for public comment at Cleveland school board meetings, and a demolition related to the Irishtown Bend project. Check out the highlights in this week’s episode! 👇🏿

Listen to this week’s Public Meetings Report here:

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:

  • Barbara Phipps
  • Dan McLaughlin
  • Kellie Morris, and
  • Marvetta Rutherford.

Learn how to become a Cleveland Documenter ⁠here⁠. The next Cleveland Documenters orientation is Thursday, September 21, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. via Zoom.

Their work has been compiled this week by Cleveland Documenters’ Doug-Breehl-Pitorak and Anastazia Vanisko. The Public Meetings Report is produced by Gennifer Harding-Gosnell. 

The Public Meetings Report is produced by Signal Cleveland and Cleveland Documenters, in partnership with WOVU 95.9FM “Our Voices United,” a Burten, Bell, Carr community radio station.

Show notes:

Signal Cleveland meeting briefs:

Documenters coverage: 

  • Cleveland Metropolitan School District Board Meeting Live-Tweet Thread (Cleveland Documenters, August 22, 2023) 
  • Board of Control Notes and Live-Tweet Thread (Cleveland Documenters, August 23, 2023)
  • Cleveland Landmarks Commission Notes and Live-Tweet Thread (Cleveland Documenters, August 24, 2023) 

Related Signal Cleveland reporting: 

Other reporting: 

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The Public Meetings Report is a weekly audio rundown of what happened in local government meetings here in Greater Cleveland – in five minutes or less! The show is based on the work of Cleveland Documenters – residents like you who are trained and paid to document these meetings for the public. Produced by Signal Cleveland and Cleveland Documenters, in partnership with WOVU 95.9FM “Our Voices United,” a Burten, Bell, Carr community radio station.

Audio Producer (she/her)
I create audio stories meant to engage and inform people in a way that pushes beyond media stereotypes. I aim to build trust between local media and the community, striving to teach people “how” to think about life in Cleveland, not “what” to think.

Cleveland Documenters pays and trains people to cover public meetings where government officials discuss important issues and decide how to spend taxpayer money.

Documenters Program Director (he/they)
I steward the Documenters community. That includes holding and maintaining space to raise up Documenters work and questions. It also includes creating easy on-ramps to civic life and deeper civic participation via the exchange of civic information, knowledge and skills.