With building consolidation and budget challenges looming, Cleveland Metropolitan School District CEO Warren Morgan said the district faces a "perfect storm of challenges" in his third annual State of the Schools address Tuesday at the City Club of Cleveland.

Morgan said state and federal funds are declining, with district expenses far outpacing revenue. But he said the district's "Building Brighter Futures" plan is the solution. That plan calls for taking a "significant number of buildings offline" in order to consolidate resources and improve learning conditions at the buildings that remain.

After roughly a year of gathering input, he said decisions on how many and which buildings will be closed or combined will be presented to the board sometime next month.

Morgan said these will b

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