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The system serves residents of the city of Shaker Heights which began operating its own school system in the 1910. Boulevard Elementary (1914) is the oldest building in the district, Shaker Middle School (1957) (formerly known as Byron Junior High School) is the newest; the average age of buildings currently in service is approximately seventy-three years old. The system is funded in large by property tax millage levies approved by residents based upon home valuation.-1... Middle school and junior high school cover a period of education that straddles primary education and secondary education and serve as a bridge between them. ...

The district employees approximately 430 teachers for a student / teacher ratio of 13:1 (average Ohio ratio 16:1). Lomond Elementary School has the highest student to teacher ratio of the elementary schools in the district at 14.8:1. 78% of Shaker teachers hold masters degrees; 5% of teachers hold doctorates. The district estimates that roughly 90% of Shaker graduates attend college; approximately of 10% graduates receiving first choice acceptance to Ivy League colleges and universities. A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ... The Ivy League athletic conference, founded in 1954, consists of eight private institutions of higher education located in the eastern United States. ...

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Shaker Heights is considered a progressive school system in its approach to education and social balance. Shaker was among the first school systems in the United States to actively pursue school desegregation in the early 1960s by neighbors of Ludlow Elementary School. The success of that initial attempt by residents lead to voluntary busing between schools in the system in order to achieve better racial balance. As a result of these efforts, Shaker schools avoided the court ordered busing programs of the 1970s. Image File history File links Shaker Heights (Ohio) High School Red RtÏÔÕ†si>:ƒN»I¡Šü¶w Ê°ó>^G¨b+HÅÂiÎ6¾ŸyÃ^¬káç=e>V›Ù¿uÞ×Ví¾§ ¼¨#¥.E_ñ–ú&»¥Èûͬ­qü@åŠèôZ[éðXêþѵh€]â/*b«Ž§Þ¹TÚ“±íN¼½š©F<Éù¥§ÏþÆ’+¦ÕÚÏÀšPÙ@//ÌóOrñeÊ$›T+œƒÓéZÆo†ú’a­µÍS“¹XN‹íƒhñU•µÇÃ]ëHâ×M¼¹´–ìDZœ;‡B... Image File history File links Shaker Heights (Ohio) High School Red RtÏÔÕ†si>:ƒN»I¡Šü¶w Ê°ó>^G¨b+HÅÂiÎ6¾ŸyÃ^¬káç=e>V›Ù¿uÞ×Ví¾§ ¼¨#¥.E_ñ–ú&»¥Èûͬ­qü@åŠèôZ[éðXêþѵh€]â/*b«Ž§Þ¹TÚ“±íN¼½š©F<Éù¥§ÏþÆ’+¦ÕÚÏÀšPÙ@//ÌóOrñeÊ$›T+œƒÓéZÆo†ú’a­µÍS“¹XN‹íƒhñU•µÇÃ]ëHâ×M¼¹´–ìDZœ;‡B... Progressive can refer to: Progressive music, including Progressive rock, Progressive metal and Progressive electronica Political Progressivism Several Progressive Parties Progressive Era in the United States (1890-1913) Progressive, a company providing auto insurance The Progressive, a left-wing monthly magazine The progressive tense in grammar Progressive lenses, used to correct... Desegregation is the process of ending racial segregation, most commonly used in reference to the United States. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Forced busing is a term used by critics of a remedy prescribed by Massachusetts state Supreme Court Judge Arthur Garrity for perceived racial inequities in Boston public schools in a 1973 ruling. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...

At its peak enrollment in the late 1960s the system operated nine elementary schools, two junior high schools and a high school. Population and demographic shifts, along with the evolution of academic theory, have reduced the number of elementary schools from eight (grades K-4) to five: Fernway, Onaway, Lomond, Boulevard, and Mercer. Woodbury Elementary School (originally Shaker High School and later Woodbury Junior High School) serves as a district-wide collector school for grades 5 and 6. Shaker Middle School serves all students in grades 7 and 8. Shaker Heights School houses grades 9 through 12. The Shaker Heights High School mascot is a “Raider”. School colors are red and white. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... Middle school, (Intermediate/Junior high school) covers a period of education that straddles primary education and secondary education, serving as a bridge between the two. ... High school - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Red is a color at the highest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ... White is a color (more accurately it contains all the colors of the visible spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color—black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. ...

Notable graduates

• Paul Newman, 1943 - Academy Award winning actor, race car driver and charitable benefactor
• Roger Penske, 1955 - National sports car racing champion (1966), Race Car Team Owner
• Harvey Pekar, 1957 - Creator of American Splendor
• David Berger, 1962 - Israeli Olympic Team Member 1972; held hostage and then executed along with his teammates in Munich during the Olympic games by terrorists
• Sara Bloomfield, 1968 - Executive Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.
• Richard Koblentz, 1968, Chair of the Cleveland Baseball Federation
• Lee Fisher, Former Ohio Attorney General
• Brian Patrick Clark, 1970 - Actor (Eight is Enough)
• Peter Lawson Jones, 1970 - Former Ohio House of Repersentatives Member and current Cuyahoga County Commissioner
• Jane Campbell, 1971 - former one-term Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio and former Ohio House of Representatives Member
• Paul S. Mason, 1973 - Executive Producer of ABC News Magazine Specials
• Anita Hollander, 1974 - Actress, Singer, Playwright
• Marci Koblentz, 1976 - Author, founder of Companies that Care
• Andy Borowitz, 1976 - Co-Creator of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and political satirist
• Kym Whitley, 1980 - Actress, Comedienne
• Sharon A. Hicks, 1981 - Attorney, recongized expert in Federal death row appeal cases
• Michelle Federer, 1991 - Broadway Actress, Wicked as "Nessarose"

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External links

• City of Shaker Heights Online: Education
• Shaker Heights City School System
• National Public Radio: 'The Reunion:' The Integration of Shaker Heights