ATLANTA – Elisha R. Gray, a special education teacher at Maynard Holbrook Jackson High School, was named APS Teacher of the Year for 2011-12, during a special awards ceremony this evening at South Atlanta High School. As a teacher of students with significant cognitive disabilities, Ms. Gray learns daily from her students what it means […]
ATLANTA – Steve Smith has been appointed Deputy Superintendent/Chief of Staff with executive control over all district areas. His appointment is effective today. Smith is a former business executive with Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and Georgia Public Broadcasting; he is a former principal and teacher with the Fulton County School System. Smith holds a […]
Superintendent Erroll Davis has appointed 21 district employees as elementary and middle school principals with Atlanta Public Schools. Filling vacancies left void by school leaders named in the recent state led CRCT report, the principals attended a leadership institute this week, and will begin serving in their respective schools immediately. The following interim principals have […]
Day One APS for year-round schools — Centennial Place, Hutchinson and Boyd elementary schools — began Wednesday, July 13. Students at all three schools returned to the classroom, with Hutchinson welcoming new principal S. Beadles and Boyd welcoming former Centennial assistant principal, now turned principal, K. Gibbons. All students experienced breakfast in the classroom for the first time. […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Atlanta Board of Education has appointed Erroll B. Davis Jr. interim superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools, effectively July 1, 2011. The Board made the appointment at a Special Legislative Meeting Monday afternoon. Mr. Davis is chancellor of the University System of Georgia, a position he assumed in early 2006. He is scheduled […]
Several months ago, Inman Principal Dr. Bockman was nominated to receive an alumni award from the University of Georgia. On Monday the UGA College of Education Alumni Awards Selection Committee selected her to receive the 2011 Professional Achievement Award. The award recognizes Principal Bockman for her outstanding contributions made throughout her career in the field of education. […]
Atlanta Public Schools‘ lottery system will determine who gets the 880 state-funded pre-K slots in 44 APS classrooms at 32 sites. Parents can register their child for the 2011-12 school year if he or she is 4 years old on or before September 1, 2011. Following are key dates and locations (with mapping hyperlinked): Sat., […]