Riverside schools Superintendent Renee Hill announced her retirement Thursday, Feb. 20, after four years leading the district.
Hill will retire in summer after finishing the current school year to ensure “a smooth transition,” a Riverside Unified School District news release issued Thursday afternoon states.
“I am honored to have served this community for decades,” Hill said in the release.
Hill was named superintendent in July 2021, becoming the second woman and the first person of color to lead Riverside County’s second-largest public school system.
She was the district’s chief academic officer from 2017 until taking over as superintendent.
During her tenure, Hill focused on school board priorities such as expanding music education to fourth graders, the release states. The district received several awards under Hill’s leadership, according to the release. For example, Riverside STEM Academy was named the No. 1 school in California and No. 10 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, the release states. The district also won a California School Boards Association’s Golden Bell Award for the past five years, the release states.
The school board “expressed its deep appreciation” for Hill’s “unwavering dedication and transformative leadership,” the release states.
School board President Brent Lee could not be reached for comment late Thursday afternoon.
In December, some called for Hill’s resignation in reaction to a November lawsuit alleging the district violated students’ First Amendment rights and denied students fair and equal access to athletics. In the federal lawsuit, a Martin Luther King High School student alleged she was replaced on her cross country team in favor of a transgender athlete.
Assemblymembers Bill Essayli, R-Corona; and Leticia Castillo, R-Corona, both sought Hill’s resignation at that December session and alleged the district mishandled the incident and violated the free speech and other rights of female athletes.
Last week, Riverside Unified announced a groundskeeper for the district was on leave after being charged with 19 felonies, including lewd acts on a minor younger than 14 years old. He was not assigned to a school.
At its Thursday, Feb. 6, meeting, the Riverside school board’s agenda included a closed-door “mid-year review” of Hill’s performance.
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