Luther E. Ball High School is a high school in Highland Hills, Ohio, at the Cuyahoga Hills Juvenile Correctional Facility.[3]

History

Ohio's department of public works contracted with the Ohio Historical Society in 1967 to build "Cuyahoga Hills boys' school near Warrensville" for $2,470,000.[4] Construction began in September 1967, with an opening date in 1969.[5] Cuyahoga Boys School opened in January 1969. The Lancaster Eagle-Gazette said, "The school, embracing a new concept in correctional education, will serve first offenders... who have been committed from the 88 Juvenile Courts of Ohio."[6]

In April 1969, Pfc. Luther E. Ball Jr., who was briefly at the school prior to enlisting in the U.S. Army, died in Viet Nam.[7] At the end of September 1969, Buckeye United School District renamed the school "Luther E. Ball High School" to honor his memory.[8][better source needed]

Description

According to the Ohio Department of Youth Services, "The facility is accredited by the American Correctional Association and provides a variety of services and treatment for youth, including a fully accredited high school and middle school."[9] The department requires all youth prisoners who do not have a high school degree to participate in the educational program.[10]

The school offers "a core curriculum, electives, student assessment and testing, guidance, and library services. Special education and supplemental intervention services are also provided, all to help prepare students for the Ohio Graduation Test or the GED".[11]

References

  1. ^ Ohio Department of Youth Services. "Buckeye United Schools directory". Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  2. ^ "School Detail for Luther E Ball (Chjcf)". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  3. ^ Baird, Gabriel (February 11, 2005). "Circumstances different at this graduation rite Participants took classes in youth prison". The Plain Dealer. pp. B1. ProQuest 292329289. Retrieved December 16, 2022 – via ProQuest Central.
  4. ^ "Valley Historical Sites, Airports Get Funds". The Journal Herald. June 17, 1967. p. 2. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  5. ^ "New Boys School". Dayton Daily News. September 22, 1967. p. 28. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  6. ^ "Mental Health Dinner Set". Lancaster Eagle-Gazette. November 14, 1968. p. 2. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  7. ^ "Four Ohioans Die in Viet Nam". Telegraph-Forum. April 23, 1969. p. 2. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  8. ^ "The Wall of Faces - In Honor of an American Hero". Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  9. ^ "Cuyahoga Hills JCF". Ohio Department of Youth Services. 2022. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  10. ^ Crowder, Rhonda (July 7, 2010). "Numerous incarcerated youth earn high school diploma". Call & Post. pp. D.2. ProQuest 734442641. Retrieved December 16, 2022 – via ProQuest.
  11. ^ Rosales, John (September 2007). "Prison drama: teachers report to prisons and juvenile detention centers every day in the hope of improving the lives of, their student-inmates, of some of whom will never again live outside prison walls". NEA Today. 26 (1).
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