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Truth without hope is failure, but hope without truth is fantasy. It’s only in those moments when you are able to confront truth at its harshest, and hope at its most powerful, that you believe dramatic change is possible. – Sen. Mike Johnston For all of us on Sunday, we witnessed the mass shooting in…
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It’s official. It’s late on Friday at the Georgia World Congress Center. And the last of the Atlanta Public Schools’ Classes of 2016 – an enthusiastic gathering of newly conferred graduates from Alonzo Crim High School – has left the building. Throughout the week, APS family and friends came together in 12 different ceremonies to…
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The time has come: it’s the end of the school year! Congratulations, everyone—teachers, parents, staff, partners, and, of course, students—on another amazing school year. From Day One on August 5 to the very last day today, we have had a year full of learning, achievement, and fun, and that is worth celebrating. Some may think…
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On May 24, voters approved E-SPLOST, a sales tax renewal that will pay for much needed renovations of our schools, technology, buses, athletic facilities and important school security enhancements. Our district has been through a lot since the local option sales tax was last approved in 2011, so tonight’s win is a major accomplishment—one that…
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Tomorrow, Atlanta residents will head to the polls and vote on renewal of the Education-Special Purpose Local Options Sales Tax (E-SPLOST), which funds capital projects across our school system. Before anything else, I want to say thank you to Atlanta’s residents. Your vote on E-SPLOST five years ago has led to incredible investments in our…
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→“With great power, comes great responsibility.” – Uncle Ben to Peter Parker in Spiderman I believe in the power of public education. In our classrooms, teachers can transform from an ordinary resident to superhero educator with the power to nurture original thinkers and create life-long learners. As educators, teachers can completely change the trajectory of…
→Every journey has its mileposts, markers along the way to let travelers know they are getting closer to their destination. This afternoon, on our journey to transform Atlanta Public Schools into a high-performing, life-changing, choice-filled school system, we reached another milepost when the Board of Education voted unanimously, in a special called meeting, to tentatively…
→As our students and staff prepare for the start of Spring Break this Friday, it’s hard for me to fully unplug as my mind is on what happens the day we get back on Monday, April 11. That’s when we will hold our next Board meeting and take the opportunity to fully update the community…
→With the opening of the first-ever elections for our school governance teams, I truly believe we are amid an historic week for Atlanta Public Schools. We are building these new GO Teams to provide seats at the leadership table in our schools to teachers, parents and community members. We designed the GO Teams to…
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