Student achievement has improved significantly at Fain Elementary School since Dr. Marcus Stallworth arrived eight years ago, but don’t expect the principal, his teachers or students to rest on their laurels. “I shared my vision with faculty, parents and students,” he said, noting that aligning the curriculum with state standards was his first priority. “My vision is that this school becomes a national Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.”
Stallworth’s background indicates he is the right person to help Fain achieve that goal. The former teacher also has served as a Title I consultant and Principal Assistant to the Associate Commissioner in the Office of School Improvement in his native Kentucky. “I wanted to be a principal and turn around a struggling school,” said Stallworth, who completed the requirements for his doctoral degree from Clark Atlanta University in November. “All the basis of my work was in school improvement.”