Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Board of Education voted this week to grant CMSD CEO Warren Morgan a 5% raise, even as the district faces the need to cut its budget significantly.
CMSD Board Chair Sara Elaqad in a statement Friday said Morgan has earned the raise, after forgoing a raise last year, calling him “one of the hardest working leaders in Cleveland.” It will make his base salary $299,250, an increase of $14,250.
“He oversees the management and success of a large and complex school system and has skillfully navigated its responsibilities and challenges, while also leading the district away from a fiscal cliff—resulting in an increase in our credit rating which is saving CMSD hundreds of thousands of dollars, the passage of a levy, supporting the Board’s transition to Student-Outcomes Focused Governance, crafting our Building Brighter Futures plan, and putting the district on a path to improved student outcomes,” Elaqad said in an email…