SuccessTech Academy

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Address
SuccessTech Academy

1440 Lakeside Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Information
School district	Cleveland Metropolitan School District
Superintendent	Wayne Carter
Principal	Johneita "Johnnie" Durant
Staff	30 teachers
Enrollment	270^[1] (2007-08)
School type	Public high school
Grades	9–12
Language	English
Campus	Urban
Founded	2002^[2]
Homepage	http://www.cmsdnet.net/successtechacademy/

SuccessTech Academy is an alternative public high school in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. A grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation helped to establish the school, which opened to enrollment in the 2002-03 school year.

As of the 2005-2006 school year, SuccessTech's graduation rate was 94%^[3] and all 59 students in the school's first senior class (2006-2007) were college-bound.^[4]

[edit] School Shooting

Main article: SuccessTech Academy shooting

A school shooting occurred on October 10, 2007. A 14-year-old student, Asa Coon, shot two teens and two faculty members at the school. According to Cleveland police, the student died after fatally shooting himself. The student was reportedly angered over a suspension given to him earlier in the week, and school authorities confirmed he was not supposed to be at school on that day. Police said that the student had entered the school with two guns, one in each hand, and began firing.^[5] According to law enforcement personnel the shootings took place on the third and fourth floor when at that time the lockdown announcement, "Code Blue" was made.