Columbus City Schools

The Georgia Inspector General requested the State Board of Education take "swift employment action" on George "Eric" Thomas before he resigned his role as Chief Turnaround Officer in 2020.

The Columbus school board has named three finalists for the superintendent's position.

A supermajority of the district’s nearly 300 substitute teachers filed authorization cards with the State Employment Relations Board earlier this month.

Administrators need to find a permanent replacement for Talissa Dixon, who announced in December that she would be retiring at the end of the current school year.

Now that Columbus high schools are equipped with new high-tech weapons detection systems, district leaders are considering how they might also beef up security at elementary and middle schools.

The system is made by Evolv Technology. The company claims its devices can tell the difference between weapons and personal items, such as keys and cell phones.

District officials intend to name Columbus schools Chief of Transformation and Leadership Angela Chapman as the interim superintendent effective Jan.1, 2023.

Dr. Talisa Dixon has served as the district's superintendent/CEO for the past four years.

The changes starting after winter break mean nearly every student will have a new route, and likely a new driver and new pick-up and drop-off points.

Some students in Columbus have not been assigned a bus to take them to school and a couple of dozen students still don't have reliable bus pick-ups.