CCS Board Meeting - Tuesday, September 8, 2026

The Cleveland City Schools Board of Education meeting was held September 8, 2026. The board approved additional school positions, including grant-funded intervention support and planning time, as well as a general-budget one-on-one special education assistant required by a student’s IEP. No dollar amounts for the positions were provided. Arnold Memorial reported an awarded $5,000 TVA/Bicentennial Volunteers grant for robotics kits. Its playground Phase 2 is being planned: GameTime estimated about $36,000 for a climber, with bilingual signage bringing the estimated additional funding need to roughly $70,000; the Cleveland Bradley Partnership Foundation is pursuing another HCI grant. The school also reported that Phase 1 had received an $80,000 HCI grant and that $118,000 had been raised for the playground overall.

Facilities staff recommended replacing the 21-year-old, 15-ton Steuart Gym HVAC unit rather than spending an estimated $10,000–$15,000 on repairs. The quoted unit price was $24,887 through Trane/Omnia Partners, with total installation estimated at $30,000–$35,000; staff proposed using sales-tax funds and handling most installation in-house. The board voted to table the item until Thursday for consideration, so no replacement award was made at this meeting. Staff also reported a completed emergency repair to Cleveland High School’s chiller costing $59,339.63, paid from the maintenance budget. The board approved the consent agenda; its contents were not specified in the transcript.