CPS Superintendent Laura Mitchell to resign at end of school year
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Updated: 5:41 PM EDT May 11, 2021
WLWT Digital Staff
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Updated: 5:41 PM EDT May 11, 2021
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BLINDSIDED BY THE RESIGNATION. IT’S ABOUT HATE TO SEE HER GO. I WAS KIND OF SHOCKED THAT SHE WAS LEAVING AS WE WERE KIND OF TURNING THE CORNER ON COVID SHOCK AND DISAPPOINTMENT WERE SOME OF THE WORDS USED TO DESCRIBE HOW THOSE IN THE CINCINNATI PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNITY FELT ABOUT SUPERINTENDENT LAURA MITCHELL’S RESIGNATION. HER EARLY DEPARTURE IS DISAPPOINTING BECAUSE I MEAN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DOING WELL AND IN THIS TIME LEADERSHIP IS IMPORTANT MITCHELL HAS SERVED IN THE DISTRICT IN SEVERAL ROLES FOR SEVEN YEARS. SHE’S BEEN SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE LAST FOUR MITCHELL SAYS IT’S TIME TO EMBRACE A NEW CALLING. PLEASE KNOW THAT I WILL ALWAYS CALL AND CONSIDER SINCE THEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS MY HOME AND MY DISTRICT MITCHELL WILL NOW IMPACT CHILDREN AS THE NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO OF BEACH ACRES PARENTING CENTER A NONPROFIT. THAT OFFERS FOSTER CARE KINSHIP CARE ADOPTION BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND PARENT COACHING SOME CPS PARENTS WISHING THE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE TRANSPARENT WITH SHOES WITH EVERY TYPE OF DECISION OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND THAT THERE’S NO RIGHT. TO DO IT, BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OPENNESS THE BOARD WILL APPOINT AN INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT BY MAY 24TH PARENTS A COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY ARE KEY FACTORS. SOMEONE WHO’S VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT MOVING THE DISTRICT FORWARD SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT SOMEONE WHO WILL BE TRANSPARENT WITH PARENTS ADMINISTRATORS ALSO SCHOOL OFFICIALS. I’M JUST GREAT COMMUNICATION ACROSS ALL LEVELS. AND BOTH PARENTS HAD NOTHING, BUT GREAT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT MITCHELL HER FINAL DAY WITH CPS WILL BE JUNE 11TH. SHE’LL START HER NEW POS