CLEVELAND — A day after the announcement that hundreds of Cleveland Metropolitan School District teachers and paraprofessionals would be laid off, its board is holding a meeting about what's next for its buildings.
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According to the Cleveland Teachers Union, CMSD notified about 150 teachers and 120 paraprofessionals, including eight teachers from Hannah Gibbons, the entire teaching staff at that elementary school.
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The layoffs are part of the district's consolidation plan, known as Building Brighter Futures.
The district is also closing 18 buildings to help save $30 million a year. It's possible that some of the buildings will be demolished.
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