Shaker residents and parents will soon have an opportunity to meet Board of Education members in a less-formal setting than regular meetings.

School Board President Annette Tucker Sutherland and Vice President Bill Clawson will host a "coffee and conversation" event from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Friday at J. Pistone on Warrensville Center Road.

Sutherland and Clawson will also meet community members at the following events on February 28:

• The Shaker Heights Middle School dinner and book discussion at 6 p.m.
• The Boulevard Elementary School Book Fair at 7 p.m.