100 Years in 100 Days: Living in Cleveland, But Going to School In Shaker

Shaker Heights Patch is celebrating the 100 years of Shaker Heights history by creating an online scrapbook. Each day for 100 days, we'll feature a photograph that helps tell the story of Shaker Heights.

The Shaker Heights School District has the unique distinction of extending into  adjacent Cleveland neighborhoods. That arrangement is about 100 years old, and was drafted during the early days of the Van Sweringens brothers' development. According to historian Virginia Dawson, the Cleveland and Shaker boards of education made a deal.

The two school boards exchanged, or swapped, territory in their respective jurisdictions. Cleveland’s Board agreed to educate the children west of East 130th at Rice School, which was closer than the yet-to-be built Boulevard School in Shaker Heights. In exchange, Shaker Heights took responsibility for educating the children in a part of Newburg City, located south of North Woodland Road (Larchmere Boulevard), which was closer to Boulevard School. This area later became known as Shaker Square. The valuation for tax purposes of the two territories exchanged was equal

As Shaker Square developed, children in the surrounding area attended Ludlow Elementary, as well as Boulevard School. was closed in 1987.

Source: "Shaker Square and the Shaker Schools" - www.shakersquare.net

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