Cleveland Municipal School District, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

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Cleveland Municipal School District is a school district that serves the city of Cleveland, Ohio, United States.

CMSD is an underperforming urban district. It is the only district in Ohio that is under direct control of the mayor, who appoints a school board. The Cleveland district is the largest K-12 district in the state, with around 69,500 students enrolled for the 2005-2006 academic year. The mayor was given control of the city schools after a series of elected school boards were deemed ineffective by city voters. The school board appoints a chief executive officer, the equivalent of a district superintendent, who is responsible for district management.

Dr. Eugene Sanders became Cleveland's school chief on July 1, 2006.^[1] Sanders experienced success in his previous role as Superintendent of the Toledo Public Schools (of Toledo, Ohio). Sanders was chosen after a nationwide search produced several candidates for the position, some of which later were disqualified or withdrew candidacy due to personal and professional problems.

In recent years, the system improved in academics and attendance and passed a $1.2 billion school building construction/replacement issue; it failed numerous times to pass an operating levy, and currently faces large budget shortfalls and the possibility of slipping back into "academic emergency" as rated by the Ohio Department of Education in 2005. CMSD's latest test scores show modest improvement in writing and math scores, and a slight regression in reading scores. The district has, however, markedly improved its graduation rate over the last few years, increasing it from 39.5% in 2002 to over 50% of students graduating in 2004.

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2 See also
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[edit] Schools

[edit] Elementary

Louisa May Alcott
Almira
Newton D. Baker
Alfred A. Benecsh
Brooklawn
William C. Bryant
Buhrer
Case
Clark
Moses Cleaveland

Corlett
Cranwood
Denison
Emile B. DeSauze
Charles Dickens
Paul L. Dunbar

Euclid Park
Fullerton
Robert K. Fulton
Garfield
Giddings
Gracemount
Anton Grdina
William R. Harper
Stephen E. Howe

Kentucky
Joseph F. Landis
Douglas MacArthur
Marion-Sterling
McKinley
Miles Park
Daniel E. Morgan
Mound
Mount Auburn
Orchard
Louis Pasteur
Oliver H. Perry
John W. Raper
Harvey Rice
Andrew J. Rickoff
Captain Arthur Roth
Scranton
Tremont
Union
Valley View
Wade Park
Walton
Artemus Ward
Watterson-Lake
Waverly
Michael R. White
Willow
Woodland Hills

[edit] K-8

Louis Agassiz
Audubon
Alexander Graham Bell
Mary M. Bethune
Bolton
Barbara B. Hooker
Buckeye-Woodland
George Washington Carver
Harry E. Davis
Henry W. Longfellow
Empire CompuTech
Forest Hill Parkway
Benjamin Franklin
Hannah Gibbons
Nathan Hale
Alexander Hamilton
Albert B. Hart
Robert H. Jamison
Robinson G. Jones
Charles H. Lake
Mary B. Martin
Miles
Charles A. Mooney
Dike Montessori
Paul Revere
Riverside
John D. Rockefeller
Margaret Spellacy
Carl & Louis Stokes Central Academy (Formerly Central)
Sunbeam
Clara E. Westropp
Wilbur Wright Middle School
Greater Hights Academy
Iowa Maple
Memorial (Year-Round School)

[edit] Middle schools

Charles W. Eliot
Joseph M. Gallagher
Halle
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
Luis Muñoz Marín
Garrett Morgan
Jesse Owens
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Carl F. Shuler
Willson
Whitney M. Young
- Whitney Young School is a middle and high school, with grades 6th through 12th. The school is named after the civil rights leader, Whitney M. Young. Also known as WMY, its team name is the Warriors. WMY school colors are black and gold. It is a National Blue Ribbon School.