Beginning July 6, Atlanta Public Schools (APS) will pilot an online enrollment system for parents and guardians to enroll new students in school within a matter of minutes. Available in English and Spanish, the online enrollment system allows parents to pre-populate their child’s enrollment information and confidentially upload documents to create a preliminary enrollment record. […]
As required by Georgia law, the Atlanta Board of Education will host three public hearings to allow citizens an opportunity to express their opinions on an increase in property taxes caused by the newly assessed value of taxable property within the Atlanta Public Schools district. During the recent budget process for fiscal year 2016, the […]
ATLANTA – Greenhouse Scholars, a non-profit education organization cultivating the next generation of community leaders, named three Atlanta Public Schools (APS) students as its inaugural class in the state of Georgia. Founded in 2005, Greenhouse Scholars is a unique program that provides personal, professional and financial support to high-performing, under-resourced college students. The goal is […]
School-Based Teams to Create Individual Plans for Student Remediation Atlanta Public Schools (APS) will provide ongoing remediation for students impacted by cheating on the 2009 Criterion Referenced Competency Test (CRCT). In a presentation to the Atlanta Board of Education on June 1, 2015, the District’s Chief Accountability and Information Officer, Bill Caritj, shared that an […]
ATLANTA – Atlanta Public Schools’ Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School, a campus that recently underwent extensive renovations, expansion and modernizations, earned an “Award of Excellence” recognition from the Atlanta Urban Design Commission. The Jackson High School project was recognized May 19 during the Commission’s 38th annual ceremony held at Morehouse College’s Ray Charles Performing Arts […]
ATLANTA – Robert Morales is the new chief financial officer (CFO) for Atlanta Public Schools (APS). The Atlanta Board of Education voted to accept APS Superintendent Meria J. Carstarphen’s recommendation to hire Morales at its legislative meeting June 1. Morales has been the CFO at Fulton County Schools for the last six years. Prior to […]