Atlanta Public Schools

Atlanta Public Schools
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Type and location
Grades	Pre-school - 12
Established	1882
Region	City of Atlanta
Country	USA
Location	130 Trinity Avenue Southwest Atlanta, GA 30303-3694
District Info
Superintendent	Erroll Davis (Interim)
Budget	$661,576,000
Students and staff
Students	54,956[1]
Staff	3,860[1]
Other information
Coordinates	33°44′54″N 84°23′29″W / 33.748401°N 84.391485°W / 33.748401; -84.391485Coordinates: 33°44′54″N 84°23′29″W / 33.748401°N 84.391485°W / 33.748401; -84.391485[2]
Website	www.atlanta.k12.ga.us

Atlanta Public Schools is a school district based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. APS is run by the Atlanta Board of Education with interim superintendent Erroll Davis. The system has an active enrollment of 54,956 students, attending a total of 100 schools: 59 elementary schools (three of which operate on a year-round calendar), 16 middle schools, 10 high schools, and 7 charter schools.^[3] The school system also supports two alternative schools for middle and/or high school students, two community schools, and an adult learning center. The school system owns and operates radio station WABE-FM 90.1 (the National Public Radio affiliate) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Public television station WPBA 30.

Cheating scandal

During the 11-year tenure of former superintendent Beverly Hall, the APS experienced unusually high gains in standardized test scores, such as the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test. In 2009, Hall won the National Superintendent of the Year Award. Around this time, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution began investigating the score increases and suggested evidence of cheating. A state report found a large number of erased answers in an analysis of the 2009 test scores. Tests were administered under much higher scrutiny in 2010, and the scores dropped dramatically. The state of Georgia launched a major investigation as cheating concerns intensified. The investigation's report, published in July 2011, found evidence of a widespread cheating scandal. At least 178 teachers and principals at 44 APS schools were alleged to have corrected students' tests to increase scores, in some cases holding "cheating parties" to revise large quantities of tests. Hall, who had retired in June 2011, expressed regret but denied any prior knowledge of, or participation in, the cheating.^[4] The new superintentent, Erroll Davis, demanded the resignation of the 178 APS employees or else they would be fired. The revelation of the scandal left many Atlantans feeling outraged and betrayed,^[5] with Mayor Kasim Reed calling it "a dark day for the Atlanta public school system."^[6] The scandal also attracted national media coverage.^[6][7]

Comprehensive School Reform

All Atlanta public schools have selected one of the following twelve Comprehensive School Reform models:^[8]

• America's Choice
• Artful Learning
• Co-nect
• Core Knowledge
• Direct Instruction
• High Schools That Work
• International Baccalaureate
• Making Middle Grades Work
• Modern Red School House
• Project GRAD
• Success for All: Roots and Wings
• Talent Development

School Board members

The School Board consists of:

• District 1 - Brenda Muhammad (Chair)^[9]
• District 2 - Khaatim Sherrer El
• District 3 - Cecily Harsch-Kinnane (Vice Chair)
• District 4 - Nancy Meister
• District 5 - LaChandra Butler-Burks
• District 6 - Yolanda Johnson
• Seat 7 - Eric Wilson
• Seat 8 - Mark Riley
• Seat 9 - Emmett Johnson

Schools

Frederick Douglass High School

Henry W. Grady High School

North Atlanta High School

High schools

• The New Schools at Carver
  • Early College
  • School of the Arts
  • School of Health Sciences & Research
  • School of Technology
• Frederick Douglass High School
• Henry W. Grady High School
• Benjamin E. Mays High School
• North Atlanta High School
• South Atlanta High School
• Maynard H. Jackson High School
• Daniel McLaughlin Therrell High School
• Booker T. Washington High School

Middle schools

• Joseph Emerson Brown Middle School
• Ralph Johnson Bunche Middle School
• Sammye E. Coan Middle School
• Charles Lincoln Harper-Samuel Howard Archer Middle School
• Samuel Martin Inman Middle School
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy Middle School
• Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School Urban Learning Center
• Crawford Williamson Long Middle School
• Walter Leonard Parks Middle School
• Luther Judson Price Middle School
• Willis Sutton Middle School
• Sylvan Hills Middle School
• Jean Childs Young Middle School

Elementary schools

Capitol View Elementary School

First Lady Michelle Obama visits Burgess-Peterson Academy, February 9, 2011

• Adamsville Elementary School
• Beecher Hills Elementary School
• Benteen Elementary School
• Bethune Elementary School
• Blalock Elementary School
• Bolton Academy
• Boyd Elementary School
• Brandon Elementary School
• Burgess/Peterson Elementary School
• Capitol View Elementary School
• Cascade Elementary School
• Centennial Place Elementary School
• Cleveland Avenue Elementary School
• Connally Elementary School
• Continental Colony Elementary School
• Cook Elementary School
• Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy
• Deerwood Academy
• Dobbs Elementary School
• Dunbar Elementary School
• East Lake Elementary School
• Fain Elementary School
• Fickett Elementary School
• Finch Elementary School
• Garden Hills Elementary School
• Gideons Elementary School
• Grove Park Elementary School
• Heritage Academy
• Herndon Elementary School
• C.W. Hill Elementary School
• Hope Elementary School
• Humphries Elementary School
• Hutchinson Elementary School
• Jackson Elementary School
• Jones Elementary School
• Kimberly Elementary School
• Mary Lin Elementary School
• Miles Elementary School
• Morningside Elementary School
• Oglethorpe Elementary School
• Parkside Elementary School
• Perkerson Elementary School
• Peterson Elementary School
• Peyton Forest Elementary School
• Rivers Elementary School
• Scott Elementary School
• Slater Elementary School
• Smith Elementary School
• Springdale Park Elementary School
• D.H. Stanton Elementary School
• F.L. Stanton Elementary School
• Thomasville Heights Elementary School
• Toomer Elementary School
• Towns Elementary School
• Usher Elementary School
• Venetian Hills Elementary School
• Waters Elementary School
• West Manor Elementary School
• White Elementary School
• Whitefoord Elementary School
• Williams Elementary School
• Woodson Elementary School

Non-traditional schools

• APS/Community Education Partnership (CEP) School
• Alonzo A. Crim Open Campus High School [1]
• West End Academy

Single gender academies

• The B.E.S.T. Academy at Benjamin S. Carson (Business, Engineering, Science, and Technology)
• The Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy

Evening school programs

• Adult Literacy Program

Charter schools

• Atlanta Charter Middle School
• Charles R. Drew Charter School
• KIPP West Atlanta Young Scholars Academy
• Neighborhood Charter School
• Tech High School
• University Community Academy, an Atlanta Charter School, Inc.
• Imagine Wesley International Academy

Former schools

High schools

• North Fulton High School 1920-1991
• Northside High School 1950-1991
• Henry McNeal Turner High School 1947-1989
• David T. Howard High School 1945 - 1976
• Charles Lincoln Harper High School 1963-1995
• Daniel O'Keefe High School 1947-1973
• Hoke Smith High School 1947-1985
• Franklin D. Roosevelt High School 1947-1985
• Harper-Archer High School 1995-2002
• Samuel Howard Archer High School 1950-1995
• Southwest High School 1950-1981
• Joseph Emerson Brown High School 1947-1992
• Luther Judson Price High School 1954-1987
• Boys High School 1872-1947
• Girls High School 1872-1947
• Tech High School 1909-1947
• West Fulton High School 1947-1992
• Fulton High School 1917-1990
• Walter F. George High School 1949-1994
• William F. Dykes High School 1959-1973
• Bass High School 1948-1987
• Commercial High School 1888-1947
• Sylvan Hills High School 1949-1987
• East Atlanta High School 1959-1988

Middle schools

• Austin T. Walden Middle School
• Marshall Middle School
• Henry McNeal Turner Middle School 1989-2000
• Daniel O'keefe Middle School 1973-1983
• West Fulton Middle School 1992-2004

Elementary schools

• Adair Park Elementary School
• Anderson Park Elementary School
• Arkwright Elementary School
• Ben Hill Elementary School
• Blair Village Elementary School
• Burgess Elementary School
• John Carey Elementary School
• Center Hill Elementary School
• Chatthoochee Elementary School
• Cleveland Ave. Elementary School
• Collier Heights Elementary School
• D.F. McClatchey Elementary School
• Emma Clarissa Clement Elementary School
• English Avenue Elementary School
• Fountain Elementary School
• Goldsmith Elementary School
• Thomas Jefferson Guice Elementary School
• Joel Chandler Harris Elementary School
• Harwell Elementary School
• Laura Haygood Elementary School
• Home Park Elementary School
• Caroline F. Harper Elementary School
• Evan P.Howell Elementary School
• Minnie S.Howell Elementary School
• John F. Faith Elementary was renamed C.D. Hubert 1963
• C.D.Hubert Elementary School
• EP Johnson Elementary School
• Lakewood Elementary School
• Margeret Mitchell Elementary School
• Moreland Ave. Elementary School
• Mount Vernon Elementary School
• North Ave. Elementary School
• Oglethorpe Elementary School
• Riverside Elementary School
• Slayton Elementary School
• Spring Street Elementary School
• Sylvan Hills Elementary School
• Anne E.West Elementary School
• John P. Whittaker Elementary School
• Fowler St. Elementary School
• Rockdale Elementary School
• Luckie Street Elementary School

External links

	Atlanta portal
	Schools portal

* Atlanta Public Schools

• Atlanta Public Schools zoning locator
• U.S. Department of Education: Comprehensive School Reform Program

References

• Atlanta Public Schools
• Atlanta Top Public Schools List

1. ^ ^{a b} School Stats, Retrieved June 9, 2010.
2. ^ "Free US Geocoder". http://geocoder.us. Retrieved 2010-06-09. 
3. ^ "Atlanta Public Schools at Glance". 2004. Archived from the original on 2006-02-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20060206132850/http://www.atlanta.k12.ga.us/our_schools/system_overview/system1.html. Retrieved 2006-03-19. 
4. ^ Judd, Alan (May 27, 2011). "Atlanta superintendent acknowledges cheating". Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, GA). http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/atlanta-superintendent-acknowledges-cheating-959670.html. Retrieved July 19, 2011. 
5. ^ Schneider, Craig (July 11, 2011). "Atlanta school kids angry over cheating scandal". Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, GA). http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/atlanta-school-kids-angry-1009836.html. Retrieved July 19, 2011. 
6. ^ ^{a b} Severson, Kim (July 5, 2011). "Systematic Cheating Is Found in Atlanta’s School System". The New York Times (New York, NY). http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/education/06atlanta.html?scp=3&sq=atlanta&st=cse. Retrieved July 19, 2011. 
7. ^ Kuo, Vivian (July 18, 2011). "2 Atlanta educators step down; 176 others also face ultimatum". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/18/georgia.atlanta.schools.cheating/. Retrieved July 19, 2011. 
8. ^ Atlanta Public Schools (2006). "Comprehensive School Reform Designs in Atlanta Public Schools". apskids.org. http://apskids.org/teach/csr/csrchart.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-07. 
9. ^ APS Board Chair steps down. http://www.wsbtv.com/news/28003246/detail.html. Retrieved 07/07/2011, change effected 06/22/2011.