Westlake

Westlake Schools Seek ‘Interim’ Supt.

As stated at the start of the superintendent search process, the Board of Education is committed to finding the right person to fill this very important role for the Westlake City Schools. When the Board began this process, it indicated a desire to first attempt to name a new superintendent by June, but it was important that if the right ... Read More »

Bay Police Assist in Westlake Turmoil

Four intoxicated wedding guests threw room furnishings and beer cans/bottles out the fourth floor window of their Detroit Rd. hotel room on June 15 at 3:52AM, report Westlake Police.. Bay Village PD sent 2 officers to assist with the arrests of a 24-year-old Lakewood man, 25-year-old Vermillion man, 24-year-old Millersburg man, and a 24-year-old Dennison man, all for DCI and ... Read More »

Westlake Schools Supt. Choice Withdraws

The Westlake City Schools’ top candidate for the superintendent position – Dr. Jeffrey Graham, superintendent of Parma City Schools – withdrew his name from consideration after he and the Westlake Board of Education were unable to agree to contract terms. The Board offered the superintendent position to Dr. Graham on June 19 following a focused search process and presentations to ... Read More »

Semiautomatic Round Found on Westlake School Bus

A Westlake City Schools bus driver found a cartridge for a .380auto firearm on the floor of bus 11 while sweeping the vehicle after the AM run this date. That bus carries students from Lee Burneson Middle School and Parkside Intermediate School. All students who rode that bus either at dismissal on 6-10-14 or this AM were interviewed by Westlake ... Read More »

Armed Robbery Suspect Sought in Westlake

A suspect armed with a small black semi-automatic handgun tried to take a motorist’s radar detector on June 10 at 10:10PM, report Westlake Police. The Vermillion man had stopped for the signal on Columbia Rd. at Hilliard Blvd. when the suspect leaned in the open passenger window and grabbed at the detector. The driver then hit the gas and the ... Read More »

Westlake Student Wins Poetry Contest

Lee Burneson Middle School eighth graders Alex Rujawitz, Audrey Lyle and Rachael Kaiser are the 2014 winners of the Jon Thompson Civil War Poetry Contest sponsored by the Cleveland Civil War Roundtable. The three were honored at a dinner on May 14 at Cleveland’s Judson Manor, where they read their winning entries –poetic interpretations of “The Widow,” a painting showing ... Read More »

Westlake Student Reaches Architectural Finals

The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) has announced 10 finalists in its DiscoverDesign.org National High School Architecture Competition. Westlake, OH student, Cal Craven of Westlake High School is among the finalists who submitted design projects to redesign their high school athletic pavilions to promote healthy lifestyles. Cal is sponsored by teacher Scott Kutz. A jury team of 35 architects, engineers and ... Read More »

Lee Burneson Class Donates Prize to Charity

When Dennis Sullivan’s seventh-graders learned that they had won the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Pasta for Pennies contest at the school, they made a startling request. The students asked that the Olive Garden lunch they had won for their classroom is donated to the Ronald McDonald House, a home-away-from home for families of children being treated at Cleveland-area hospitals.  Lunch ... Read More »

Westlake’s Holly Lane Service Club Supports Connecting for Kids

Students from the Holly Lane Service Club have been able to pair the latest fashion and crafting craze among kids, Rainbow Loom® bracelets, with a great cause.  The Club recently donated the $122 it earned by selling “Bracelets 4 Autism” to local nonprofit Connecting for Kids. The popular blue and white bracelets were sold to Holly Lane students during April ... Read More »

Westlake Police: The Bare Facts

Westlake Police arrested a 43-year-old Center Ridge Rd. woman for DCI after an argument with her 52-year-old beau. The male admitted the officers to the apartment, whereupon the intoxicated female stepped out of the shower without a stitch on. She was advised to get dressed. She then demanded that the male leave and take his cats with him and became ... Read More »