CLEVELAND, Ohio — Students across Cleveland will be swept into the school district’s largest consolidation in decades — and families, educators and even veteran city councilmen are left “gobsmacked” as they wrap their heads these changes and what they mean for the community.

The proposal unveiled Wednesday night would leave Cleveland Metropolitan School District operating 29 less schools next year and impact about two-thirds of the district’s 88 schools. Few know the school system as well as Cleveland Teachers Union President Shari Obrenski, but even she was overwhelmed when she saw district CEO Warren Morgan’s plan all at once.

“If someone like me, who kind of understands what’s in the weeds and how it works around here is overwhelmed — someone who isn’t in the know had to be complete

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