The super­in­ten­dent of Colorado’s third-largest school dis­trict has stepped down.

The Dou­glas Coun­ty School Board accept­ed Tues­day the res­ig­na­tion of Dr. Thomas S. Tuck­er, who cit­ed per­son­al and fam­i­ly rea­sons for offer­ing his resignation.

Tuck­er stressed dur­ing the online meet­ing that con­trary to some reports, he decid­ed to step down on his own, and the board had not asked him to resign.

The dis­trict told Denver7 Sat­ur­day that Tuck­er was on leave vis­it­ing his ail­ing moth­er in Arkansas. Tuck­er said Tues­day that tak­ing care of his fam­i­ly was his top priority.

“The mem­bers of the Dou­glas Coun­ty Fed­er­a­tion wish Dr. Tuck­er the best and our thoughts are with his fam­i­ly and in par­tic­u­lar, his moth­er” said Kallie Ley­ba, Pres­i­dent of the Dou­glas Coun­ty Fed­er­a­tion on the res­ig­na­tion of the Super­in­ten­dent. “For­tu­nate­ly, due to the pro­fes­sion­al­ism of our teach­ers and staff, our stu­dents and com­mu­ni­ty shouldn’t notice any neg­a­tive impacts on instruc­tion as edu­ca­tors will con­tin­ue to teach and guide our stu­dents with the sup­port of their build­ing leadership.

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