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3.15 APS Weekly News Tip Sheet (Week of March 15, 2021)
ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Office of Communications and Public Engagement
130 Trinity Avenue SW | Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Ian Smith, Executive Director
404-802-2855, office
404-603-6934, cell
ian.smith@atlanta.k12.ga.us
Seth Coleman, Media Relations Manager
404-802-2891, office
404-406-5570, cell
seth.coleman@atlanta.k12.ga.us
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 15, 2021
Atlanta Public Schools Weekly News Tip Sheet (March 15 - 20)
Editors/Producers/Reporters: The following is a list of events, programs, accomplishments and/or initiatives occurring in Atlanta Public Schools (APS) this week. Please use it as a guide as you develop your coverage plans.
Members of the media are invited to attend all events on the Weekly APS News Tip Sheet. If you have an interest in these stories, please contact Seth Coleman, Media Relations Manager. Thank you for your interest in Atlanta Public Schools!
APS Accepting Applications for Student Transfers Through March 26
Atlanta Public Schools (APS) is accepting applications for General Administrative Transfers and Georgia Special Needs Scholarship transfers now through Friday, March 26.
Georgia’s Public School Choice law allows residents of the city of Atlanta to attend a public school outside of their zoned APS school, if space is available. Students who live outside the district (non-residents) and want to attend an Atlanta Public School may do so, if space is available. Non-resident students are required to pay tuition. The current tuition rates for non-resident students are:
- General Education: $9,684
- Special Education: $14,224 plus costs for additional services based on individual needs
- Evening High School: $744 per class (non-resident), $149 per class (resident over age 21), free (Resident aged 16-21)
The Atlanta Board of Education will determine tuition for the 2021-2022 school year in the Summer of 2021.
APS offers two types of transfers:
- General Administrative Transfers – permits a student to attend an out-of-zone school through the highest grade offered at the school. Students are accepted based upon available space at the requested school.
- Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Transfers – permits eligible special education students to request a transfer to another APS school on the basis of special needs. Approval is subject to space availability at the requested school. In order to qualify for the GSNS transfer, the student should meet the following requirements:
- The student’s parent(s) currently resides within Georgia and has been a Georgia resident for at least one calendar year; and
- The student has attended school during the 2020-2021 school year in a K-12 Georgia public school and that attendance is reflected in both the October 2020 and March 2021 full-time enrollment counts at the school.
General administrative transfers and Georgia Special Needs Scholarship transfers applications will be accepted online Monday, March 8, through Friday, March 26 at http://www.atlanta.k12.ga.us/transfers and in person by appointment only at the APS Department of Student Assignment, 130 Trinity Avenue, 2nd Floor, Atlanta, GA 30303, from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday. To schedule an in-person appointment, call (404) 802-2233 or email studentassignment@apsk12.org. Parents may apply any time during the application window. Applications submitted on the last day receive the same consideration as applications submitted on the first day.
Transportation for students under the public school choice option is the responsibility of the parent. A list of schools accepting transfers is currently available on the APS website: http://www.atlanta.k12.ga.us/transfers
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(Tuesday, 2 PM) APS Chief Equity Officer to Headline
Hunt Institute Panel Discussion on Race and Education
Atlanta Public Schools Chief Equity and Social Justice Officer Tauheedah Baker-Jones will participate in a panel discussion Tuesday presented by one of the nation’s leading think tanks on public education policy.
Baker-Jones will be one of four experts featured in a race and education webinar, “The Invisible Tax: Educators of Color and the Water They Carry,” presented by The Hunt Institute, Tuesday at 2 p.m. The Hunt Institute, an affiliate of the Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy, is the only organization in the country exclusively dedicated to empowering governors, policymakers, and other educational leaders in the development and implementation of non-partisan, comprehensive strategies for the transformation of public education.
The “invisible tax” is a mental and emotional burden felt by educators of color, particularly black males, who must navigate racial and equity issues in schools while internalizing the experiences of their students of color because they identify with the challenges their students face.
Visit bit.ly/2NGbQlF to learn more about the webinar and to register.
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Pre-K Lottery Applications Deadline is Tonight
The deadline to register for the Atlanta Public Schools Pre-K Program lottery is tonight at 11:59 p.m.
Atlanta parents and caregivers with a child who will be 4-years-old on or before Sept. 1, 2021 may consider taking advantage of a great opportunity to ensure kindergarten readiness. The District’s free, full-day Pre-K program prepares 4-year-olds for kindergarten and provides an early path to college and career.
The Atlanta Public Schools Pre-K Program lottery is now open for the 2021-2022 school year. Applications will be accepted from Jan. 11, 2021, at 9 a.m. through March 15, 2021, at 11:59 p.m.
Seats will be filled through a random electronic lottery drawing on March 26, 2021. Results from the drawing are emailed to applicants after a verification process is complete. Pending official verification, the release of the lottery results could be delayed. Visit EnrollEarlyATL.com to learn more.
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