Eric Gordon, the CEO of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, delivered his 12th and final State of the Schools address before a packed crowd at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel on Wednesday.
CLEVELAND — Eric Gordon, the CEO of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, delivered his 12th and final State of the Schools address before a packed crowd at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel on Wednesday afternoon. In his final address, Gordon likened his planned departure at the end of the school year to a relay race, saying the time is right to pass the baton.
Upon taking the helm of the struggling district in 2011, Gordon had a jumbo jet to fly but little runway to work with. Signed to a one-year contract, Gordon inherited a district that was in grave financial trouble and at risk of state takeover. Hundreds of employees had been laid off; art, music and physical education courses had been cut; the school day had been shortened. The district was quickly running out of money to continue modernizing its buildings, Gordon said.
“Our current financial forecast shows that CMSD is forecasted to be financially healthy through at least 2026 and probably longer,” Gordon said. “What does that mean? It means the district won’t have to consider a new levy for at least four more years.
Graduation: This measures the four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate and the five-year adjusted cohort graduation rate. “While CMSD’s new state report card shows that Cleveland and other districts struggled significantly during the pandemic, I am pleased to report that the data also shows that our scores are improving,” Gordon said. “In fact, in a number of areas on this year’s report card, CMSD has returned to pre-pandemic levels. It didn’t happen because of me or even just the district, this is Cleveland’s plan for transforming schools and the new person has to understand the value of that.
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