^John Hay is no longer a neighborhood school. You have to apply and it is open to anyone in the city of Cleveland.

 

REALLY?  I didn't know, I guess that changed after the renovation?  I need to look at a school boundary map.

^John Hay has become a magnet of sorts. Actually, it contains three different schools (Architecture and Design, Early college, and Science and Medicine). I am not sure if any of the schools have a junior class as of yet. In order to create a new school culture, they began the first year with only 9th graders. Logically, they'll add a grade with each school year until there are four grades.

^John Hay has become a magnet of sorts. Actually, it contains three different schools (Architecture and Design, Early college, and Science and Medicine). I am not sure if any of the schools have a junior class as of yet. In order to create a new school culture, they began the first year with only 9th graders. Logically, they'll add a grade with each school year until there are four grades.

 

This makes sense, a kid that my nephew knows that lives on Fairhill, attends the design school and I couldn't figure out what school he was talking about.  I thought he meant the CSoA.  Thanks!

^the Early College Program was in it's third year when it moved to John Hay last year, so I think it was the only one of the small schools to contain all four grades.  Early College was located on Euclid Ave. on the Cleveland State Campus before the move.  So far it's proven to be an academically rigorous program.  Have a look - you can compare schools on various criteria @ websites like GreatSchools.net & psk12.com

From this month's Cleveland Magazine newsletter:

 

THE RESULTS SO FAR

61.7 percent of voters said walkable neighborhoods were an "extremely important" quality when looking for a community to call home. 34.4 percent of voters said low property taxes were "important." ... Check next month's Rating the Suburbs issue for our full results and a comprehensive guide to 76 Northeast Ohio communities.

 

You can still fill out the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=PcIabEH8VpUXoSiSUyvFqQ_3d_3d

Well, this year's results are out, and for the most part, it looks like more of the same. They published some results from the survey, which seem to indicate a preference for more urbanized areas, and then based their ratings on the same things they always do. They added walkability as one of their metrics, but their measurement is completely opaque. This year's top five are:

[*]Solon

[*]Richfield Village

[*]Mayfield Village

[*]Rocky River

[*]Twinsburg

You can hear them talk about the ratings in their June podcast.

That information is rating Clevelands Suburbs.  Not Cleveland's neighborhoods.

Yeah, except for Rocky River, none of those areas have urbanized features nor are particularly pedestrian friendly. But we all knew that. Wonder why they don't?

Yeah, except for Rocky River, none of those areas have urbanized features nor are particularly pedestrian friendly. But we all knew that. Wonder why they don't?

 

Well the article reads, "Rating the Suburbs" I wonder why it was posted in this thread?

 

Is it possible to break this into it's own thread?  Possible title:  "Rating Cleveland's Suburbs"?

I thought this was an interesting read.  Greater Cleveland "Neighborhood Livability Ratings"

 

Certainly most of the criteria favors inner ring suburbs....  Walk score, accessibility to culture etc..., but some things seem a bit surprising (in a good way).  The public school effectiveness and safety components are a bit surprising and place Cleveland Heights at #5, and over many of its "better off" suburban counterparts. 

 

I haven't gone too deeply into yet, so don't know the criteria they used to come to those conclusions, but maybe it plays into the argument of how perceptions are incorrectly shaped.  In this cases the diversity that exists in Cleveland Heights.

http://media.heightsobserver.org/media/docs_1317664543.pdf

I survived the school system and look at how I turned out!.... *ducks*

I survived the school system and look at how I turned out!.... *ducks*

 

Thats what I was concerned about.

 

I just realized that this is a "Cleveland neighborhoods" thread so if there is a better place feel free to move it there. 

this could have probably also gone in the "dumb ass lists" threads. a list created by an inner ring burb intended for inner ring burbs to place high. They call it a "neighborhood" ranking and yet only had TWO cleveland neighborhoods even listed. And since shaker is by in "very" large a bed town (not that there is anything wrong with that) I am guessing they scored so well in "quality dining" i'm presuming by going into CLEVELAND's Shaker Square Neighborhood which includes Larchmere. Unless of course they were counting los habaneros (not that there is anything wrong with los habeneros either :)). Seriously... a "neighborhood survey" with two cleveland neighborhoods even listed. Dumb.

Yeah that didnt really make alot of sense, so then I just looked at it as a suburb ratings (plus since they werent going to compare Cleveland schools in different neighborhoods).  Also, I couldnt tell if it was actually comissioned by Cleveland Heights or just released by them.. 

 

I thought lists were only dumb if they didnt benefit what you wanted it too..  Oh wait you live downtown :?

I actually think the Mayor lives in SS fwiw.