The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) is doing damage control after many of its own teachers and staffers berated its decision to lay off more than 300 employees.
“I am asking (Cleveland Schools CEO) Dr. Morgan, the CMSD executive team and the CMSD Board of Education to deeply reflect on their poor financial management that ultimately led to these mass layoffs of beloved staff members in these building closures,” said Julie Radca, a special education teacher, as reported by Ideastream Public Media.
Radca, who works at Marion C. Seltzer School, pointed out “‘six-figure’ executive salaries and recent raises” as examples of massive district spending, the article noted.
“Speakers came from a wide variety of schools and had a mix of job titles, from school nurses to teachers to librarians.”
Sara Elaqad, the district’s board of education chair, described the concerns raised during the April 28 meeting as “valid anxieties.”
