February
Huml resigns to become the district’s liaison to the Ohio Dept. of Education, a position the board created to make room for a new superintendent.
March
Area
superintendent James W. Penning, a 23-year district veteran,
is named interim superintendent.
June
A
CTU survey gives the board and parents low grades.
July
The
board selects Sammie Campbell Parrish, a North Carolina
assistant state superintendent, as new superintendent.
August
Judge
Battisti agrees to reduce busing by allowing about 800 students
to attend schools in their neighborhood if enrollments are
not more than 85% black.
October
The
state approves a $44 million short-term loan to Cleveland
schools. The district manages to avoid state receivership,
which would give the Ohio Dept. of Education authority to
approve or reject spending.
Parrish presents Vision 21, a reform plan that includes developing a long-range education strategy, forging consensus in modifying the desegregation order, developing a cost-cutting and overall financial plan, and creating a building-use plan.
December
The
state approves a $75 million loan, wiping out a projected
$32 million deficit expected at the end of fiscal year 1993.
The General Assembly helps the district stay out of state
receivership by easing the standards. Parrish plans to ask
the board to place a 12-mill levy on the ballot in the upcoming
school year and an 8-mill levy two years later.
Research: Barbara Good and staff
Sources: The Plain Dealer, proceedings of Cleveland School Board meetings, school district annual reports.
Photos: Cleveland Municipal School District, U.S. District Court, Cleveland City Council
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