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Results Are In. Alfred ‘Shivy’ Brooks Wins APS Board Runoff Election

The vote is in.  Alfred “Shivy” Brooks made history Tuesday evening by becoming the first active teacher to hold a seat on the Atlanta Board of Education in its 150-year history, after winning a special runoff election with a commanding 64.6% of the vote. Brooks will join eight other school board members who oversee the […]

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Election Results: 2023 Atlanta School Board

This story was published as part of our #APSVotes project with Atlanta Civic Circle to help shed light on APS school board elections. On Tuesday, Atlanta voters chose a new school board—half of one at least. Ten candidates competed for five spots on the Atlanta Board of Education in the Nov. 7 election, which oversees Atlanta Public Schools (APS). […]

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What Black Voters Are Saying: Atlanta School Board Elections

This story was published as part of our #APSVotes project with Atlanta Civic Circle to help shed light on APS school board elections. Nov. 7 marks Election Day for city of Atlanta voters for the Atlanta School Board election.Ten candidates are vying for five open seats on the governing body for Atlanta Public Schools. The nine Atlanta School Board […]

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Meet the Educator Who Wants to be the First Active Teacher on the APS Board

This story was published as part of our #APSVotes project with Atlanta Civic Circle to help shed light on APS school board elections. Read our school board election voting guide here. Alfred “Shivy” Brooks’ outlook as an educator changed at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.  An economics and government teacher at Clayton County’s Charles […]

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Here Are Key Issues Facing the Atlanta School Board

This story was published as part of our #APSVotes project with Atlanta Civic Circle to help shed light on APS school board elections. Read our school board election voting guide here. A lot has changed for Atlanta Public Schools in two years. In 2021, the last time that Atlanta School Board seats were up for grabs, Lisa Herring was the […]

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Chronic Absenteeism Has More Than Doubled in Atlanta Public Schools

This story was published as part of our #APSVotes project with Atlanta Civic Circle to help shed light on APS school board elections. Read our school board election voting guide here. At first glance, the Back 2 School Bash looked like Atlanta Public Schools’ version of Dragon Con.  Over 12,000 families milled around the Georgia World Congress Center’s convention floor […]

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The Push to Amplify Black Voices in ATL School Board Elections

This story was published as part of our #APSVotes project with Atlanta Civic Circle to help shed light on APS school board elections. Read our school board election voting guide here. Before Kimberly Dukes was an Atlanta Public Schools mother, she was a student in the system. She remembers how her mother couldn’t always be present during her educational journey.  […]