Lorain City Schools

DR. CHERYL L.H. ATKINSON
Superintendent / CEO
Lorain City Schools

"Listen to the clarion call for educators. We have the salient opportunity to report the excellence in education to all stakeholders. It is incumbent upon us to educate every child at the highest level. Our actions, through leadership, must insure equity, which represents both the powerful and the powerless. Each child affords us as educators a fresh start. Let us begin!"

On August 1, 2007, Dr. Cheryl Atkinson began her tenure as the Superintendent of Lorain City Schools. Dr. Atkinson was formerly Deputy Superintendent of the Kansas City, Missouri School District, a district with more than 38,000 students and more than 70 schools. Additionally, Dr. Atkinson served as Associate Superintendent for School Administration for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina, a district with over 125,000 students in over 150 schools. Prior to this role, she served as a Regional Superintendent for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.

Dr. Atkinson has held a variety of instructional and leadership roles in K-12 education, including elementary school teacher, elementary school assistant principal, elementary school principal, director of staff development, executive director of curriculum services, and associate superintendent. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Education in Elementary Education from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Doctor of Education in Educational Administration from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dr. Atkinson has received various honors and awards and is a November, 2006 graduate fellow of the Broad Urban Superintendents Academy (selected as one of 18 educators in the nation to participate in the academy). Dr. Atkinson is married and has three sons.

News And Updates

Cool Caf Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Helen Steiner Rice Elementary January 5, 2009
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District Wide Uniform Policy Meeting - Read More...
December 17, 2008 - General Johnnie Wilson Middle School
January 7, 2009 - Charleston Administration Center
January 15, 2009 - Longfellow Middle School

Lorain Admiral King Navy Junior ROTC’s
8th Annual North Coast Ohio Drill Meet - Read More...
December 13, 2008

Lorain Admiral King Navy Junior ROTC
Annual Pancake Breakfast - Read More...
December 13, 2008

Whittier Middle School Arts Academy
presents Holiday Traditions Concert. - Read More...
December 10, 2008

Soul to Sole - Read More...
December 1, 2008