CPS wants to add middle schools amid budget cuts and more top stories | Daily Briefing

Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati Enquirer
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Hello and welcome to your Daily Briefing. I'm Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer's education reporter.

Cincinnati Public Schools' board of education is still chipping away at a multimillion-dollar budget gap that needs to close by June. At the same time, the district is pushing ahead on a plan to implement middle schools – possibly as early as this fall. That plan also includes redrawn district enrollment lines that will set up neighborhood school systems across the city.

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In my latest story, you'll learn how closing the budget gap and planning for the district's future are related, and what changes are coming in the new school year.

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