COLUMBUS – The leader who has steered Ohio’s largest school district through some choppy seas has decided to step down.
Columbus City Schools superintendent and CEO Dr. Talisa Dixon announced Thursday that she intends to retire at the end of the school year after four years in the district’s top job, the district said in a posting on its website.
Retirement was not an easy decision, but I know it is time, and I am leaving with a full heart and an undeniable confidence in the CCS community moving forward. #OurCCS
Read my letter: https://t.co/izwYWmjc95 https://t.co/CHgm7jlW1L
— Dr. Talisa Dixon (@ColsCitySuper) December 8, 2022
Dixon took over the post in March 2019 and her retirement will be effective on June 30, 2023.
While serving as superintendent of the largest school district in Ohio, Dixon was forced to navigate the global COVID-19 pandemic, as the district shifted from remote learning to hybrid to full in-person learning, and a teachers strike that hit the district at the beginning of the current school year.
“I am grateful for the opportunity to have served the Columbus community alongside so many talented people and I will cherish the relationships I have built here,” Dixon said in a statement.
Dixon also oversaw several changes, including new partnerships with area universities to promote workforce and teacher development.
Dixon spent nine years as an administrator at the former Brookhaven High School and at Columbus Alternative High School before taking over the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District.