Talissa Dixon

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.

Columbus City School administrators continue defending their decision to keep schools open for in-person learning, despite repeated pleas from the teachers' union to go all-remote for two weeks.

The Columbus Board of Education on Monday followed the local teachers union in approving a new contract following months of negotiations.About 73% of the…