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The Columbus City School Board has selected Dr. Talisa Dixon to be its next superintendent.
Dixon currently serves as superintendent of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights district. She’s held that post for three years and has more than two decades of experience as a school administrator, including nine years as a principal in Columbus.
The school board’s vote in favor of Dixon was unanimous, and in a press release board President Gary Baker emphasized her experience.
“Yet it was in her Day in the District that we saw how well received she was by our students, our families and so many members of our community,” Baker’s statement reads.
The board will now turn to contract negotiations with the hope of having Dixon taking the reins by January 1. Her current salary is $165,000.
Last week the board whittled its list to Dixon and two other candidates—Terry Dade from Fairfax County, Virginia, and Ava Tasker-Mitchell from Prince George’s County, Maryland. Both serve as deputy superintendents in their districts.
Columbus City Schools is the largest district in Ohio.