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Revision as of 00:25, 17 October 2007
Atlanta Public Schools is a school district based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. APS is run by the Atlanta Board of Education with superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall. Currently, the system has an active enrollment of 57,000 students, attending a total of 85 schools: 59 elementary schools (three of which operate on a year-round calendar), 16 middle schools, 10 high schools, and 7 charter schools.[1] 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 also owns and operates radio station WABE-FM 90.1 (the National Public Radio affiliate) and PBS television station WPBA 30. APS operates all public schools in the city of Atlanta.
Motto: "One system, one goal, one focus...student success."
Comprehensive School Reform
All Atlanta public schools have selected one of the following twelve Comprehensive School Reform models:[2]
- 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
- District 2 - Khaatim Sherrer El
- District 3 - Cecily Harsch-Kinnane
- District 4 - Kathleen Pattillo
- District 5 - LaChandra Butler
- District 6 - Yolanda Johnson
- Seat 7 - Eric Wilson
- Seat 8 - Mark Riley
- Seat 9 - Emmett Johnson
Schools
High Schools
Comprehensive
- The New Schools at Carver
- Early College
- School of the Arts
- School of Entrepreneurship
- School of Health Sciences & Research
- School of Technology
- Frederick Douglass High School
- Henry W. Grady High School
- Mays High School
- North Atlanta High School
- South Atlanta High School
- Southside High School
- Daniel McLaughlin Therrell High School
- Booker T. Washington High School [1]
Middle Schools
- Joseph Emerson Brown Middle School
- Ralph Johnson Bunche Middle School
- Sammye E. Coan Middle School [2]
- 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
- Henry McNeal Turner Middle School
- Austin Thomas Walden Middle School
- Jean Childs Young Middle School
Elementary Schools
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- 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
- 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
- Hill Elementary School
- Hope Elementary School
- Humphries Elementary School
- Hutchinson Elementary School
- Jackson Elementary School
- Jones Elementary School
- Kimberly Elementary School
- 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
- 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 [3]
- West End Academy
Evening School Programs
- Adult Literacy Program
Charter Schools
- Atlanta Charter Middle School
- Charles R. Drew Charter Middle School
- The Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy
- KIPP West Atlanta Young Scholars Academy
- Neighborhood Charter School, Inc.
- School for Integrated Academics & Technologies
- Tech High School
- The BEST (Business, Engineering, Science and Technology) Academy for Boys at Benjamin S. Carson
- University Community Academy, an Atlanta Charter School, Inc.
Former Schools
High Schools
- North Fulton High School 1920-1991
- Northside High School 1950-1991
- Henry McNeal Turner High School ?-1989
- Charles Lincoln Harper High School ?-1995
- Daniel O'Keefe High School 1947-?
- Hoke Smith High School 1947-1985
- Franklin D. Roosevelt High School 1947-1985
- Harper-Archer High School 1995-2002
- Samuel Howard Archer High School ?-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 ?-1992
- Fulton High School 1917-1994
- Walter F. George High School ?-1994
- William F. Dykes High School 1959-1973
- Bass High School 1948-1988
- Commercial High School 1888-1947
- Sylvan Hills High School 1949-1987
- East (Atlanta) High School 1959-1987
Middle Schools
- Marshall Middle School
- West Fulton Middle School
Elementary Schools
- Adair Park Elementary School
- Anne E. West Elementary School
- Arkwright Elementary School
- Blair Village Elementary School
- Burgess Elementary School
- Collier Heights Elementary School
- Home Park Elementary School
- Hubert Elementary School
- Minnie S. Howell Elementary School
- Rusk Elementary School
- Slaton Elementary School
- Sylvan Hills Elementary School
- Moreland Elementary School
External Links
- Atlanta Public Schools
- Atlanta Public Schools zoning locator
- U.S. Department of Education: Comprehensive School Reform Program
References
- ^ "Atlanta Public Schools at Glance". 2004. Retrieved 2006-03-19.
- ^ Atlanta Public Schools (2006). "Comprehensive School Reform Designs in Atlanta Public Schools" (PDF). apskids.org. Retrieved 2007-04-07.