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CMSD presents "Building Brighter Futures" plan to council committee, says consolidation will save about $30 million a year
Summary
Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Dr. Warren Morgan told a City Council committee that the board-approved Building Brighter Futures plan will consolidate schools (reducing operations from 61 preK–8 to 45 and 27 high schools to 14), expand program access for most students and save roughly $30 million annually while the district completes implementation planning and community engagement.
Dr. Warren Morgan, CEO of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, laid out the history, reasons and expected outcomes of the board-approved Building Brighter Futures plan at a Feb. 3 public hearing before the City Council’s Workforce Education, Training and Youth Development Committee.
Morgan said the plan responds to long-term enrollment declines, building-condition problems and the expiration of federal pandemic dollars. He told council the district has room for roughly 50,000 students in its existing facilities while current enrollment is far lower, and that birth-rate declines—not only transfers to charters—have driven the drop in pupil numbers. "36% is not okay," Morgan said, referencing the district’s measure of college-and-career readiness added to the state report card.
The district described the final, board‑approved recommendations: reduce the number of operating preK–8 schools from 61 to 45 and the number of traditional high schools from 27 to 14. Morgan said some campuses with multiple schools will be consolidated and specialty programs (arts, Montessori, IB,…
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