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Friday, February 8, 2013

State of the Grady Cluster: Lots Done, Lots Left to do

Atlanta Public Schools' administrators and principals gave an overview and answered questions Thursday night at Grady High School concerning where local schools stand regarding a variety of education-related issues.

In the First Annual State of the Grady Cluster Presentation, held at Grady High School on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, parents and interested community members learned there is much to celebrate in the Grady Cluster of Atlanta Public Schools.  The Grady Cluster includes Grady High School, Inman Middle School, and the five “feeder” elementary schools: Hope-Hill in Old Fourth Ward, Mary Lin in Candler Park,and Centennial Place, Morningside and Springdale Park. No. 1 on my celebration list, as a Grady parent, is the chart of SAT scores shared by Grady Principal Dr. Vincent Murray, indicating an overall increase in 2012 SAT scores, with Grady High School 2012 seniors scoring higher than the national average. After several turbulent years, “moving …

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Parents urged to attend Thursday's Grady State-of-the-Cluster meeting

Atlanta Public Schools’ Superintendent Erroll B. Davis is expected to attend and discuss middle school capacity issues.

At the start of the school year, Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Erroll B. Davis Jr. delivered a state-of-the-district address that outlined the challenges and work the system faced. Now, school principals will hold their own forums to provide an update on the state of the schools in each cluster. APS leaders in the East cluster will discuss the academic offerings in the schools and answer questions at a Feb. 7 meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Grady High School. One of the hot topics among parents in East Atlanta Patch, is the status of a sixth grade academy to relieve overcrowding at Inman Middle School. Inman pulls students from Mary Lin Elementary in Candler Park and Hope-Hill Elementary in Old Fourth Ward, as well as schools in…

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Hunt Archbold

10:41 am on Friday, February 8, 2013

It did Ed, see some coverage here: http://patch.com/A-1KGC   more ›

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