A wave of new charter schools is coming to Cleveland, even as the public school district is downsizing.
This school year, an all-girls leadership school and an all-boys primary school will open their doors for the first time. And a career-training school is already recruiting students for next year.
Several of the schools were recruited to Cleveland by Future Ready Cleveland, a nonprofit headed by Mayor Justin Bibb’s former education chief, Holly Trifiro. Some have received start-up dollars from the nonprofit, which wants to make sure every Cleveland kid has access to a high-quality school option…