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[Transparency Now @APSTransparency]

🔵 @DSandersBattle sworn in as interim superintendent for @apsupdate August 28, 2023. 🔵

“Today marks a momentous occasion as we begin a new chapter in the journey of our school district” as her administration’s priorities are outlined:

1. APS will become a district of readers.
2. Shift district resources, personnel, and investments closer to the classroom and students; eliminate financial waste.
3. Transparency is the cornerstone of trust. Commitment to foster honest, open, and collaborative engagement with all stakeholders.
4. Every position within our district will be held by individuals who are not only qualified to do the work, but also believes fervently in the potential of each @apsupdate student.

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Chair D6: @collinsforkids
Vice Chair D2: Aretta Baldon
D1: Katie Howard (@atlcouncil Chief of Staff)
D3: @MichelleforBOE
D4: @JenforAps
D5: @MitchellFor5
A7: @TamaraForABOE7
A8: @CynthiaBriscoeB
A9: Jessica Johnson

[Martha Dalton @Marthareports]

NEW: Watts to stay in Gwinnett after interviewing for APS superintendent job https://t.co/WjpoyKwymp
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[RedefinED Atlanta @RedefinEDAtl]

📚 Metro Atlanta is facing a critical shortage of teachers, with numbers reaching triple digits. That's why we are committed to increasing and retaining high-quality teachers and leaders across Atlanta. Read more in @ATLNewsFirst: https://t.co/Apv6tfhR9i

[The Principal’s Office @educator4ever36]

Parents of students in @apsupdate you have to make your voices known. Call the district and tell them to start their search again. It’s worth waiting rather than settling. A 💩 appointment will set the district back even further. @BOEAPS is lobbying (unofficially) today. Don’t let them do this to the students. @wykeishaforAPS @ltka1234 @APSTransparency

[The Principal’s Office @educator4ever36]

This post says it all. Atlanta residents- do not let @BOEAPS shove substandard candidates into the Superintendent’s role. Stop the madness. @APSTransparency @wykeishaforAPS @ltka1234

[The Principal’s Office @educator4ever36]

What she said! Don’t let the students down @BOEAPS. Fire HYA and start again. It’s worth the wait.

[Wykeisha for the Community @wykeishaforAPS]

@BOEAPS In the board retreat Coach Ashley, said “The board exists to represent the visions and values of the community (US)
That is why you are elected
“You all are in those seats because we voted for yall” Keep that in mind now
It's time to make the right decisions or it’s time to go. #APSchildrendeservebetter

[MD3boys @md3boys]

🌞 Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

For those just waking up to the nonsense of the educational money pot of superintendent selections ⭕️ Mr Joseph @ HYA pushes a slate of candidates to @BOEAPS (who based on quick Google searches are either not qualified or have questionable work history but they've been packaged by HYA to qualify) and then those candidates give him consulting contracts paid for by the district that just hired him. He wins, kids lose. Rinse, repeat once the damage is done to our district. Good thing someone realized this and leaked the 3 names. Again, why is the most qualified candidate being ignored - is it because she won't give kickbacks to HIYA? 🧐

🛑 The state @gsbacomm needs to intervene and maybe take over at this point, our @apsupdate kids deserve better. @GOSA_GA
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[The Principal’s Office @educator4ever36]

Atlanta stakeholders: if you want to stop the foolishness the @BOEAPS wants to pull, you need to make your voice known. Call the district and tell them our students deserve better than the 3 finalists. Word got out for a reason. If there had been a good candidate none of this would’ve been leaked. The community panel leaked this to prevent a nightmare. @wykeishaforAPS @ltka1234 @APSTransparency

[leavethemkidsalone @ltka1234]

Dear @BOEAPS get a clue - this is just a sample of the hundreds of comments about the Gwinnett super on your shortlist to hire for APS. Honestly what are you ppl doing? Do your job! He is not it!

[Transparency Now @APSTransparency]

“[Choudhry] was a stark contrast to superintendents I had worked with, because most of them have PhDs and have also been superintendents before. He didn’t have the educational background or the experience.”

@BOEAPS, @apsupdate is in crisis. Technical skills are a minimum req.

[The Principal’s Office @educator4ever36]

https://t.co/sPvjZnE6Uc @BOEAPS is considering him for @apsupdate. Don’t let them do this to the students. @wykeishaforAPS @ltka1234 @APSTransparency

[Wykeisha for the Community @wykeishaforAPS]

@CallMeShivy y’all need to Chat

[The Principal’s Office @educator4ever36]

@PeskyDyslexia @apsupdate Wish I had a say in this (maybe not!) but I’ll keep posting because I KNOW @BOEAPS reads every single thing I post. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[MD3boys @md3boys]

"When you have superintendents who are run out of town that are welcomed into a new town with open arms, you have to wonder why,” he says.

HIYA needs to go. They package up these candidates being forced out to meet the new criteria, make a fee, kids suffer, scored plummet, rinse & repeat.

[Transparency Now @APSTransparency]

@PeskyDyslexia @BOEAPS @CallMeShivy @SuptCalvinWatts @TNakiaT @kenzeff needs to see them, too. Buzz around @CityofAtlanta is he’s one of @SuptCalvinWatts biggest cheerleaders to other @BOEAPS members.

[Wykeisha for the Community @wykeishaforAPS]

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[Transparency Now @APSTransparency]

Google searches will save you column inches in the @AJC_Education every time. I think the fact that @Marthareports posted the same night the 3 finalists met the community panel shows how far behind the @BOEAPS is in this process. @wykeishaforAPS @educator4ever36 @PeskyDyslexia

[Wykeisha for the Community @wykeishaforAPS]

@BOEAPS I hope y’all did your research, we don’t want No BS

[Wykeisha for the Community @wykeishaforAPS]

@BOEAPS I hope y’all did your research, we don’t want No BS

[The Principal’s Office @educator4ever36]

To @BOEAPS - just try to name one of those 3 finalists and I’ll grab my 🍿. Did you even look at their data? You really just think your constituents are dumb if you’re trying this 💩 on them. You really think the parents of @apsupdate are dumb. It’s the only reason. I can consider that you’d look at these three. 🤦‍♂️

[The Principal’s Office @educator4ever36]

@APSTransparency @apsupdate @BOEAPS Look at the credentials and data of the guy from HYA leading the search. This is such a 💩 show.

[MD3boys @md3boys]

@Marthareports @AJC_Education Oh great. Just what @apsupdate needs, a superintendent who allowed more fights under his watch. 🙅🏻‍♀️ No wonder Gwinnett wants him gone.
Who does the research on these candidates?