District offers a place to call home

Published: Saturday, August 30, 2008

David S. Glasier DGlasier
News-Herald.com

Today, no one lives in the two-story brick home at 605 Elm St. in Painesville.

That is soon to change, thanks to a plan to transform the home into a residence for four homeless high school-age boys and two adult houseparents.

The plan, put forward by the Painesville School District, is slated to receive $80,000 in funding from the United Way of Lake County.

Scheduled to open in January, the residence will be called Dworken & Bernstein Coaches Corner.

The name honors a Painesville law firm, and sports coaches in the Painesville public schools who alerted school district administrators to the presence of homeless male students on varsity and junior-varsity teams.

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