A Message from Board of Education Chair, Robert Heard

Having assumed the office of Board of Education Chair on July 2, 2007, I am able to reflect back on the successes of last school year, and look forward to the promise of this current school year.

Last school year under the bold new leadership of new Chief Executive Officer Dr. Eugene Sanders, our students’ much improved academic performance resulted in Cleveland achieving the rank of Continuous Improvement on the State report card for the first time.  Our District also successfully negotiated new labor agreements with our teachers union, and many of our other employee unions. 

            This school year our new K-8 school uniform and high school dress code policy is taking effect, which we believe will have a positive impact on our school environment. 

Our Board is also proud to open a number of new and renovated school buildings this school year. Thanks to the voters support of the Issue 14 bond issue in 2001, we continue to make progress on our capital improvement plan, with the opening of the newly-constructed Daniel E. Morgan K-8 School, Miles Park K-8 School and Warner Academy for Girls, and with the reopening of the newly- renovated Franklin D. Roosevelt K-8 School.  These openings are another important step toward providing world class educational facilities for all of our students.

This year we are also opening new Opportunity Schools of Choice.  Kenneth W. Clement School and Valley View School have reopened as PreK-2 academies for boys, along with the reopened Douglas MacArthur School and the newly-constructed Warner School serving as PreK-2 academies for girls.  The Ginn Academy, named after Glenville High School coach Ted Ginn, Sr., whose inspirational leadership has led to the creation of this school, has opened in the former Health Careers Center building, serving at-risk male high school students.