Lake Clifton-Eastern High School

Lake Clifton Eastern High School
Address
2801 Saint Lo Drive Baltimore, Maryland 21213
Information
School type	Public, Defunct, Comprehensive
Motto	"We Learn from Today, We Experience Yesterday, We Hope for Tomorrow!"
Founded	1970
Sister school	Eastern High School
School district	Baltimore City Public Schools
School number	40
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	2,400 (appx.) (2003)
Area	Urban
Color(s)	Blue, Gold, Green
Slogan	"Home of the Lakers"
Mascot	Dolphin
Team name	Lakers

Lake Clifton Eastern High School (LCEHS) was a public high school located in the northeast area known as Clifton Park of Baltimore, Maryland. Originally called Lake Clifton High School (LCHS), although it was commonly known as Lake High School or Lake Clifton, it is now officially named the Lake Clifton Campus (LCC).

Along with Walbrook and Southwestern High Schools, LCHS was constructed in the early 1970s, and opened in September 1971, named after the Lake Clifton Reservoir and the Clifton Park neighborhood where it was located. Designed during the post-World War II "Baby Boom" years of the 1960s to relieve overcrowding in the city's public high schools, particularly nearby Baltimore City College (City HS), the third oldest public high school in America (founded 1839), and Eastern High School (EHS). Both had about 4,000 students each, twice their maximum capacity.

In 1986, with the closure of EHS, the two schools merged, and LCHS was officially renamed Lake Clifton Eastern High School, however after the 2002-03 school year, LCEHS was also closed. Two smaller secondary schools, Heritage High School and the REACH! Partnership School occupy the campus.

A reservoir named "Lake Clifton Reservoir" occupied the site and was in use until the late 1960s. The reservoir was drained and became the site for the high school's construction in 1970-71. Originally known as "Lake Clifton High School". At the time it was constructed, the school's property area of 441.11 acres (178.51 ha) made it the largest physical plant high school on the East Coast of the United States. In Lake Clifton's 2002 yearbook, it states that LCEHS "was [in the early 70s], and perhaps remains, the largest physical plant high school in the nation." The cost of constructing and equipping LCHS was approximately $17 million in 1970, which adjusting for inflation, would be approximately $99,258,764.27 in 2010. The school was designed to hold 4,800 students.

In the 1985-86 school year, Eastern High School merged with Lake Clifton High School, and the Baltimore City School Board changed the school's name to reflect this. In 1995, the school became a pilot high school for the Sylvan Learning Center, reconfiguring its curriculum as a result. From 1995—2003, Lake Clifton Eastern consisted of six smaller learning communities: the School of the Academy of Finance and Law (formerly known as "The Academy of Finance and Law"); the School of Business and Commerce; the School of Human Services; the School of Communications and Technology; the School of Humanities and Fine and Cultural Arts; and the Ninth Grade Achievement School. The goal and mission of Lake Clifton Eastern High School was "to provide an educational program relevant to the needs of all students to prepare them for college/post secondary education, or the world of work."

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