in 2003, under a gates foundation grant, the district separated cleveland into four small academies - the infotech academy, which had started up in a small way in 2000 before the grant; the arts and humanities academy; the health, environment and life academy (heal); and the global studies academy. by 2009 cleveland retained the global studies and heal academies, but overall academic improvement remained elusive. 56.7% of students graduated in 2009, on time or otherwise.