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CPS superintendent Laura Mitchell announces resignation
CPS superintendent Laura Mitchell announces resignation
Posted at 7:54 PM, May 10, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-11 08:56:55-04
CINCINNATI â At Monday night s Cincinnati Public School board meeting, superintendent Laura Mitchell announced her resignation.
âAs we leave the old shore mentioned quite a few times, the education during the pandemic, and pre-pandemic, we look to a new coast, new shore of opportunities, Mitchell said. Itâs time for a transition. Tonight Iâm announcing publicly that Iâm resigning as Superintendent of CPS.â
Mitchell s final day with the district will be June 11.
During her 27-year career with Cincinnati Public Schools, Mitchell spent the past four years as superintendent of the district.
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Show Transcript 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 CH