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Cleveland schools officials back off of closing Collinwood High School following claims of racism and the targeting of Black neighborhoods.... By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com

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Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog, both also top in Black digital news in the Midwest. We are also the most read women's rights digital newspaper and blog in Ohio, and in the Midwest Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon has backed off of a recommendation to school board members that Collinwood High School on the city's majority Black east side be closed following community outcries and claims of racism against Black students and their families leveled by community activists and State School Board member Meryl Johnson, a retired Cleveland schools teacher and former  Cleveland Teachers Union official. They were also up against outspoken Ward 8 Councilman Mike Polensek,