By 1970, the population of Moreland neighborhood was approximately ninety percent African American. In order to achieve more racial balance in its elementary schools, the Shaker Heights Board of Education implemented a voluntary busing program at Moreland and other Shaker Heights schools where the student population was predominantly of one race. Known as the Shaker Plan, this program provided an opportunity for African American students in the Moreland neighborhood to sign up and attend predominantly white Shaker schools, and for white children to learn in an integrated environment at Moreland Elementary School. In the September 1970 photo, taken in the first month of the new program, both white and African American students are seen attending school in this Moreland classroom. | Source: Shaker Heights Public Library, Local History CollectionDownload Original File
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Shaker Heights Public Library, Local History Collection
