Every summer, newly appointed and veteran principals attend the Principals Academy. This year, it will take place July 20 through 22. Also this summer, the school district will resume the Assistant Principals Academy, scheduled for July 25. The purpose of these professional learning sessions is to convene the district’s instructional leaders in one room to […]
To ensure that school construction and renovation projects are completed on time, APS employees and contractors are hard at work during the summer months. Following is a list of major capital projects and their scheduled completion dates during the upcoming school year: Continental Colony ES – July 2011 Peyton Forest ES – July 2011 Therrell […]
ATLANTA – The Atlanta Board of Education this afternoon voted to extend Interim Superintendent Erroll B. Davis’ employment contract to one year, following his presentation to them of an initial action plan to address the issues raised in the state CRCT investigation report. Davis, who became interim superintendent last Friday, is now scheduled to […]
ATLANTA — Atlanta Public Schools has developed an initial plan for responding to the results of the state CRCT investigation report that includes a wide range of actions intended to prevent recurrences of testing improprieties. The plan includes: Moving the district’s Office of Internal Resolution (OIR) from Human Resources to Internal Audits, which reports […]
Students enrolled in APS’ three year-round schools return to classes for the new school year Wednesday, July 13, 2011. The district’s year-round schools are Boyd, Centennial Place and Hutchinson elementary schools. The year-round school option began several years ago as an alternative to the traditional school calendar. Centennial Place and Boyd elementary schools […]
Statement from State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge and Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement Kathleen Mathers Regarding the APS Cheating Investigation MEDIA CONTACT: Matt Cardoza, GaDOE Communications Office, (404) 651-7358, mcardoza@gadoe.org Kathleen Mathers, GOSA, (404) 463-1150, kmathers@georgia.gov July 5, […]
Atlanta Public Schools will “live tweet” the findings of the CRCT investigation today, at 11:00 a.m., from the State Capitol building. Follow us on Twitter at @apsupdate for details.
As feedback comes in from our parents and community members in the Twitter-verse, one blog posting in particular caught our eye this week: Tonight while I was waiting for the bathtub to finish filling so I could give my 5-year-old his bath, I pulled out my phone to check Twitter. There was a huge rush […]
The audio link for Thursday night’s superintendent candidate community meeting is now available via an audio link. Click HERE or visit http://www.apsk12.org/media/audio/supercomm_mtg2011.mp3 to hear the candidates in their own words. Video from the event will be available soon. Thank you to everyone who attended and participated in this community forum, whether in person or via the […]