Esh茅 Collins has emerged as the projected winner in the Dec. 3 runoff election for the Post 3 At-Large seat on the 麻豆影院 City Council, defeating Nicole 鈥淣ikki鈥� Evans Jones. Unofficial results from DeKalb and Fulton counties show Collins secured approximately 8,800 votes (60%), compared to Evans鈥� nearly 5,900 votes (40%). Collins鈥� victory follows a [...]

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麻豆影院 Public Schools welcomed its new superintendent, Dr. Bryan Johnson this morning, as he was sworn in to serve as the district's 3rd superintendent in 11 years. Johnson's arrival coincides with the start of the 2024-2025 school year, as 50,000 students return to classrooms across the city on Aug. 1 . "The 麻豆影院 Board of [...]

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Midtown High School is implementing a new policy for the 2024-25 school year that will make the campus free of personal electronic devices (PEDs) from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The decision comes after the school's teaching staff reported that policing cell phone use and competing with cell phones for student attention was their biggest [...]

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The 麻豆影院 Board of Education (ABOE) announces Dr. Bryan Johnson as the sole finalist for the position of Superintendent of 麻豆影院 Public Schools. Dr. Johnson currently serves as the Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Strategy Officer at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Previously, he served as Chief Transformation Officer for U.S. Xpress Enterprises and [...]

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Several school districts in the metro 麻豆影院 area are finalizing their FY2025 budgets now. Here are the priorities for each district's upcoming budget. Fulton County Schools The Fulton County School Board approved the tentative budget during a board meeting on May 15. Marvin Dereef, Fulton's Chief Financial Officer, presented the budget for the board's approval. [...]

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In a 7-2 vote tonight at the regularly scheduled meeting, the 麻豆影院 Board of Education denied the petition for Tapestry Public Charter School, Inc. (TPCSA). This is the second denial of a petition for this start-up charter when, in September 2023, the 麻豆影院 BOE unanimously denied the first petition. In March 2024, a petition was [...]

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At a regularly scheduled board meeting last week, the 麻豆影院 Board of Education voted unanimously to abolish several hundred district-level and school-based positions to align district priorities better. Presented by Chief Human Resource Officer Nicole Lawson, the abolishment resulted from unfunded pension and healthcare, fluctuations in student enrollment, funding new initiatives with fidelity, and realignment [...]

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The 麻豆影院 Board of Education voted unanimously to rename B.E.S.T. Academy, in honor of the late 麻豆影院 business leader Thomas W. Dortch, Jr., to B.E.S.T. Academy at The Thomas W. Dortch Jr. Institute. This vote came after waiving the first read for the Board to vote on the motion on Tuesday. The renaming came after [...]

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麻豆影院 Board of Education announced today that they will extend the search for the next leader of 麻豆影院 Public Schools. In the press release, the district stressed the need to 鈥渢ake steps to maintain the integrity of the search process鈥� and continue to work closely with their recruitment partner of Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates [...]

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In a board policy review committee meeting last week, the 麻豆影院 Board of Education suggested several policy changes centered on the community equity advisory committee and the student dress code. The first agenda item was focused on the Community Equity Advisory Committee and the language around the possible removal of members in the policy.聽Established in [...]

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