Last winter, we launched Building Brighter Futures (BBF), a strategic initiative to tackle several challenges at once: declining population, rising costs, and under-enrolled buildings are making it difficult to offer the same programs and opportunities for all students. CMSD has made real progress, and many of our scholars are thriving, but for far too many, their schools can’t and don’t offer the programs and opportunities scholars deserve.

In the spring, summer, and now through the fall, we’ve held numerous community meetings in every region of the city, along with every school open house and staff meeting, where we’ve shared district-wide, regional, and school-level data with parents, residents, and staff. We’ve heard and gathered thousands of pieces of feedback and input, and that’s greatly informed our BBF process and planning. 

We are nearing the conclusion of this process, after which we will make public recommendations about how we can build a brighter future for our scholars, schools, and communities.