Ludlow Renovation
The Ludlow building will serve as a dedicated space for early learning, providing a nurturing and educational environment for the District's youngest students. Supporting the developmental needs of preschool children, it will play a crucial role in fostering a strong foundation for lifelong learning.
our vision
This vision for the District's future includes an expansion of the District’s current PreK program with the goal of ensuring that all Shaker Heights students have access to a high quality preschool education. To that end, the District is renovating the Ludlow school building to accommodate the expanded program beginning in the fall of 2025.
renovation TIMELINE
The renovations on the Ludlow school building are set to begin in fall 2024. Watch this website for updates and information!
Preschool program
The expanded Shaker Heights Schools preschool program is set to open in the renovated Ludlow school building in August of 2025.
MASTER FACILITIES PLAN
The Ludlow renovation project is a part of the District's Long-Term Master Facilities Plan.
Ludlow Project Scope
The renovated Ludlow school building will be home to the Shaker Heights Preschool program beginning in the 2025-2026 school year. This space is being designed with early learning in mind, featuring easy access to restrooms, spaces to accommodate occupational and physical therapy, preschool-aged playground equipment and outdoor learning spaces, flexible furniture designed for our youngest learners, smart storage and more! The Ludlow school building will have 11 classrooms, a physical therapy room, a gymnasium, a multipurpose room and a secure vestibule entrance.
In addition to serving the Shaker Heights Schools, the renovated Ludlow building will continue to serve the community with updated playground equipment for all school-aged children and maintain the current athletic fields. As with all Shaker Heights Schools facilities, the Ludlow building will be available for community use outside of school hours when it opens in the fall of 2025.
Recent Ludlow Renovation News
On Tuesday, June 4, 2024, the Construction Opportunity Fair for the Ludlow School Improvement Project attracted more than 60 prospective vendors.
Representatives from the District's architectural partner, the GPD Group, joined this webinar.
While the plan was generally well-received, the ABR made a variety of comments and recommendations to the architects.
The District is renovating the Ludlow school building to accommodate expansion of the District’s current PreK program with the goal of ensuring that all Shaker Heights students have access to a high quality preschool education.
The eco-charrette provided an interactive brainstorming exercise that generated and targeted sustainability goals for the project and explored the cost benefits of various sustainable design strategies specific to the project.
A team of architects from the GPD Group, the firm handling design and architectural services on the Ludlow School renovation project, made a presentation to the Board of Education on Tuesday, December 5.