School district names new administrators and more: Shaker Heights morning links

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New Shaker Heights Middle School Principal David Glasner talks to a crowd at the school. The former New York City high school principal replaces H. Danny Young Jr., who now is the principal at Woodbury Elementary School.

(Courtesy of Shaker Heights Schools)

Shaker Heights High School graduate Mavis Delaine has been serving as a public health educator in the U.S. Peace Corps in Kenya for more than a year.

SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio –- Shaker Heights Schools has named a new assistant superintendent of business and operations, and middle school principal.

David Glasner – previously a principal at a New York City high school - replaces former Shaker Heights Middle School Principal H. Danny Young Jr., who now is the principal at Woodbury Elementary School.

Stephen Wilkins - chief operations officer of DeKalb County Schools, a 99,000-student district outside Atlanta, Ga., - is the next assistant superintendent. The school board is expected to formally approve Wilkins' appointment later this month.

Shaker resident to return for visit from Peace Corps

Mavis Delaine, a 2007 graduate of Shaker Heights High School and 2012 graduate of Central State University, will return to Shaker to visit Monday (June 23).  She has been serving as a public health educator in the U.S. Peace Corps in Kenya.

Delaine has been in Kenya for more than a year. She will be leaving Shaker after her weeklong visit to complete her 27-month assignment, which ends in August 2015.

Send letters to U.S. Peace Corps Public Health Volunteer Mavis Delaine, P.O. Box 373-20400 Bomet, Kenya.

Local students earn scholarships

Shaker Heights High School senior Andrew Wang, Hathaway Brown senior Nicole Chesnokov and Laurel School senior Jessie Anderson received $100 Future Scholars Awards from the Cleveland Association of Phi Beta Kappa.

They were among 112 seniors honored for their academic achievements during a recent awards banquet.

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