CHARLOTTSEVILLE (WINA) – Charlottesville School Superintendent Rosa Atkins is retiring after 15 years at the helm. In a city schools release late last night, after a joint budget work session between City Council and the School Board, the school administration says her resignation will be effective May 31st. Atkins in a statement said she’s honored to have served students, families, staff and community of Charlottesville. She says she was actually going to do this earlier, but the pandemic postponed the decision. She says she wants to spend less time as Superintendent and more time as Nana.
The release says since becoming Superintendent in 2006, she has earned numerous recognitions, including being named one of two national finalists for the 2017 AASA Women in School Leadership Award for Superintendents sponsored by the School Superintendents Association and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.