Shaker Schools Leadership: Listen to the Community

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• Taps experts within our community by creating a Long-term Facilities Master Planning Committee with community involvement and expertise to help determine the best, most cost efficient and least disruptive plan before going to the ballot box. 
• Provides responsible stewardship of all building maintenance and upkeep.
• Assesses barriers to enrollment for high-quality pre-K, parental and family needs for pre-K as well as available funding support from public/private partnerships.
• Demonstrates how improvements support positive educational benefits and outcomes. 
• Aligns with the district's stated equity goal: under the proposed plan students living in the Moreland neighborhood will continue to be sent to the furthest school from their homes, despite 4 other closer schools.
• Provides measurable outcomes in achieving diversity in the K-4 buildings.
• Explains how the $65 million now in the general fund will be spent; and develops a plan to adequately fund pre-K, the 3.0 mill operating levy does not cover the cost

We believe that the District has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to affect educational outcomes, improve equity, show responsible stewardship of our capital assets and to ensure fiscal responsibility for Shaker Heights citizens. 

A better educational and facility plan is needed that is more efficient with tax dollars; it is worth getting it right.

Tell the District - do what’s best for Shaker Heights students, faculty and residents.