Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon

Morgan is currently the chief academic officer for Indianapolis Public Schools. He'll take over as CMSD CEO on July 1, 2023.

The CMSD Board of Education has chosen two candidates for its next CEO, both of whom have previously worked for the school district.

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District will hold a lottery to choose panelists to interview finalists for the CEO position. Finalist interviews are expected to happen next month.

The firm conducting the search for the next CMSD CEO shared input from surveys and interviews with students, parents and teachers with the district's board of education Tuesday night.

CMSD CEO Eric Gordon says the school district is working to make several improvements to school safety after an 18-year-old student was shot and killed at the bus stop outside of John Adams College and Career Academy high school earlier this week.

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb and outgoing Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Eric Gordon discussed what the future of education could look like in the city, and lessons learned from Gordon’s decade-plus tenure, during a conversation at the City Club of Cleveland Friday.

The CMSD Board of Education had a lengthy discussion Saturday morning to review the state of the district’s trajectory over the last two decades and set goals for the next CEO.

Gordon will step down at the end of the school year, after 11 years leading the district. He oversaw a significant period of transition and improvement at CMSD.

CMSD CEO Eric Gordon said the school district has boosted its camera coverage and improved other safety measures, while loosening its COVID-19 prevention measures.

During Cleveland his annual State of the Schools address, he says the public health crisis has created opportunities for CMSD.