APS Superintendent Meria J. Carstarphen to Deliver Annual State of the District Address Oct. 7

ATLANTA – Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Superintendent Meria J. Carstarphen delivers her annual State of the District address at 8 a.m., Friday, Oct. 7 at the newly renovated Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, located at 545 Hill St. SE, Atlanta, GA, 30312.

Carstarphen will showcase talented APS students before an audience of business and civic leaders, parents, APS alumni and staff to tell the story of the APS transformation, district priorities, and vision, using educational hip-hop music based on the Broadway musical “Hamilton.”

The event will stream live online at http://livestream.com/k12aps

This year’s State of the District address is being presented by Delta Air Lines. IBM is the Gold Sponsor and Junior Achievement of Georgia is the Silver Sponsor.

All members of the media are invited to attend. Following the State of the District, Carstarphen will host a Superintendent’s Quarterly Journalists Roundtable at 9:15 a.m. Media interested in attending may contact Kimberly Willis Green, Assistant Director of Media Relations, at 404-802-2836.

About Atlanta Public Schools
Atlanta Public Schools is one of the largest school districts in the state of Georgia, serving approximately 50,000 students across 98 learning sites. The district is organized into nine K-12 clusters with 87 schools, 17 charter schools and two citywide single-gender academies. For more information, visit www.atlantapublicschools.us