Schools

State Superintendent Richard Woods visited Banneker High School on March 7 to see and hear the school’s “turnaround story.” Once designated as an underperforming school, student achievement has significantly improved in recent years under the leadership of its principal, Dr. Duke Bradley III. The school’s graduation rate has dramatically increased along with test scores and overall student performance. Recently, Banneker was removed from the state’s failing schools list and was named a “Beating The Odds” school in 2018. “It is always great to see a school striving to make improvements,” said Superintendent Woods. “All of us, as educators, share the responsibility to continuously improve so we can better serve students.” State legislators and Fulton County School Board members were also pr...

Fulton County Schools’ (FCS) third annual Realtor Breakfast was held earlier this month for the South Fulton community at A. Philip Randolph Elementary School. The event brought realtors and educators together to network and learn about the advantages of attending Fulton County schools. Director of Community Relations Samantha Maxey, who coordinated the events, said that one of the benefits of the strategic gatherings is that it affords area realtors an opportunity to learn about the schools so they are informed when selling homes to potential clients. “Realtors are often the first people homebuyers meet in local communities, and these breakfasts allow FCS leaders to extend a welcoming hand several times throughout the school year to keep the realtor community up-to-date on current inform...

LaShanda Brown of Seaborn Lee Elementary is this year's winner of the Constance “Babette” Vlahos Award and has been named Clinic Assistant of the Year. Brown has been with Fulton County Schools for six years and was previously named Seaborn Lee Elementary School’s 2017-2018 Professional of the Year. Brown received the award during the Fulton County Schools Student Health Services department's ninth annual School Nurse and Clinic Assistant Conference at the Scottish Rite Hospital Campus of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. The conference covered medical emergency responses and the role of the School Health team during a crisis, and included presentations on safety and security, emergency preparedness and students in crisis. The Constance “Babette” Vlahos Award is named in honor of a former...