District announces new principal for Gearity Professional Development School

Katrina Hicks is the new Gearity Professional Development School principal.

With the input and participation of staff and parents, the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District has announced that Katrina Hicks will be the new principal of Gearity Professional Development School. Hicks takes over from the previous principal, Michele Evans, who accepted a position with the Wadsworth City School District. 

Hicks has worked in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) since 1993. She began as a classroom teacher and later served as a program manager at the Emile DeSauze Enrichment Center. She subsequently worked as an assistant principal and then principal with CMSD. Most recently, as principal of H. Barbara Booker Elementary School, she increased the school’s performance index from 66.1 to 74.0 over a two-year period. Hicks also serves as a school trainer for the Family and Children First Council. She holds both a B.A. and M.A. from Cleveland State University. 

At the invitation of the CH-UH school district, Gearity parents participated in the process of finding a new school leader by taking part in the second round of candidate interviews. Hicks was subsequently named to this position by Talisa L. Dixon, the new district superintendent.     

“Katrina Hicks is going to be a great leader for the Gearity Professional Development School, and I can’t wait to work with her to build on Gearity’s successes and make it an even stronger asset to our community,” said Dixon. “She is a proven leader who performed exceptionally in her time with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and we look forward to her leadership in our community.”

Angee Shaker

Angee Shaker is director of communications for Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District.

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