From L-R: Reuben McDaniel, Nancy Meister, Peter Settelmayer, Dr. Beverly L. Hall, Karen Evans, Dr. Kathy Augustine, Emmett Johnson
UPDATE: Watch video of the First Grade Choir performance here. Visit photo gallery here.
APS and other distinguished officials cut the ribbon Thursday on the Morris Brandon Elementary‘s Primary Center that opened at the start of the year and serves the growing Buckhead school’s 200-plus kindergarteners and first-graders. The ceremony capped off an unprecedented year of school openings and renovations that totaled about $265 million — thanks to a great degree to the special-purpose local-option sales tax (or SPLOST).
“Thanks to taxpayers’ support, in the span of two months Atlanta Public Schools has celebrated the opening or renovation of five buildings,” said APS Superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall, who later quoted the author Thomas Kempis when she said, “‘The loftier the building, the deeper the foundation that must be laid’ … This is further evidence of the fact that parents are choosing Brandon as their first school of choice. And we could not have done it without you, the taxpayer, for helping fund this building. I hope you know your feedback was heard loudly and clearly.”
Dr. Hall was joined by Atlanta Board of Education members Nancy M. Meister (District 4, which includes Brandon), Emmett Johnson and Reuben McDaniel; APS Deputy Superintendent Dr. Kathy Augustine; SRT-4 Executive Director Tamara Cotman; Lisa Borders, representing Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed; Brandon Principal Karen Evans; and Brandon PTA co-president Laurie Campbell.
