LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jefferson County Public Schools Superintendent Marty Pollio announced he is retiring from the role, effective July 1, 2025.

In his letter announcing his retirement, Pollio indicated he had been planning on retiring since giving the Jefferson County Board of Education a three-year commitment in 2022.

“This is the final year of that three-year agreement,” Pollio noted. “I had planned since that time for the 2024-25 school year to be my final one.”

He said he began crafting the letter about a month ago and that the timing with JCPS canceling school was unintentional. “However, it is probably appropriate with all the challenges we have tackled together over the last 7+ years,” he said.

Pollio said it would not be then end of his time in education, saying that he hoped to continue “positively influencing public education moving forward in Kentucky and even at the national level.”

The JCPS superintendent said he was announcing the decision early in the school year to allow the board of education and the community the time needed to name his replacement.

Pollio began serving as JCPS superintendent in 2017 and has encountered several major challenges in his tenure, including navigating the COVID-19 pandemic and a bus driver shortage that resulted in the loss of public transportation for thousands of JCPS students. 

This is a developing story. We will add more details when they become available.