The Public Meetings Report for the week of Nov. 18, 2025

From Signal Cleveland and Cleveland Documenters.

In this week’s Public Meetings Report, Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Warren Morgan announces recommendations for school closings and mergers he says will save the district $30 million per year in operating expenses.

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:

• Annie Maglicic
• Amber Neal

Their work has been compiled this week by Doug Breehl Pitorak. The Public Meetings Report is produced by Gennifer Harding-Gosnell.

The Public Meetings Report is produced by Signal Cleveland and Cleveland Documenters, in partnership with WOVU 95.9FM.

SHOW NOTES:

Signal Cleveland Documenters coverage:

• City of Cleveland Board of Zoning Appeals Notes Nov. 3, 2025  
• Board Work Session, Cleveland Metropolitan School District Notes Nov. 5, 2025
• Cuyahoga Arts & Culture investment firm ‘reading the true tea leaves’ as government shutdown affects economic data by Cleveland Documenters 
• CMSD behind on early literacy goals by Cleveland Documenters 
• Fairview Hospital new parking garage moves forward despite neighbors appeal by Cleveland Documenters 

Signal Cleveland reporting: 

• CMSD announces sweeping plan to reshape the district through school mergers and closings by Franziska Wild 
• ‘Some will choose to fight it. Some will choose to be for it’: Cleveland tries to win families’ support for sweeping CMSD merger plans by Nick Castele 
• ‘We have to be able to come together’: Meet Cleveland Documenter Kathryn Johnson by Najee Hall 
• ‘It’s time for the next generation to shine’: Meet Cleveland Documenter Gayle Gadison by Najee Hall 
• ‘It’s a part of the new me’: Meet Cleveland Documenter, Angela Rush by Najee Hall 

Recordings: 

• City of Cleveland Board of Zoning Appeals Nov. 3, 2025  
• Board Work Session, Cleveland Metropolitan School District Nov. 5, 2025