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APS Board Update – January 2025

Accountability

  • Guardrail 4.1 (Student Outcomes Focused Governance):
    • Reduce Tier 2 (TSI) and Tier 3 (CSI/ATSI) schools from 37.5% in Dec 2022 to 27.5% by Dec 2024.
    • Multiple schools, including Toomer Elementary, Deerwood Academy, and Boyd Elementary, have been removed from support lists due to improved performance.
    • Support Strategies: District Plan of Support, monthly monitoring with GaDOE, and targeted instructional support.
  • Financial Accountability (FY2025 Overview):
    • Revenue: $868.73M collected (72.43% of budget).
    • Expenditures: $473.57M spent (37.08% of budget).
    • Federal Program Spending: Title I, Part A ($5.96M), Title II, Part A ($615K).

Key Questions:

  • Board members asked about specific support for ATSI schools and instructional staff as well as staffing for speech, language and psychology services.

Equity

  • Equity Commitments: Focus on systemic change, data-driven decision-making, and collaboration for measurable outcomes.
  • Key Actions:
    • Address disparities in academic and disciplinary outcomes.
    • Develop a Biennial Equity Plan.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Input from the Equity Advisory Committee, Senior Leadership, and APS Board.

Key Questions:

  • Board members asked about how the updated equity commitments will live in the upcoming strategic plan.
  • There was also concern around the progress on discipline and AP course equity.

Access & School Options

Homestead Exemption (H.B. 581):

  • Caps property value increases at inflation.
  • APS must decide whether to opt-in or opt-out.
  • Pros: Targeted relief, predictability.
  • Cons: Revenue constraints, limited flexibility.

Public Comment Themes:

  • Mental health plans for students.
  • Improved IEP documentation access.
  • Enhanced social-emotional learning programs.
  • Strengthened partnerships with parent groups.

Community Engagement Opportunities

  • Public Hearings: Scheduled for February 2025.
  • Resolution Deadline: March 1, 2025.
  • Community Feedback: Calls for better mental health strategies, increased family engagement, and transparent partnerships.

Next Steps

  • Finalize Biennial Equity Plan.
  • Monitor progress on Guardrail 4.1 goals.
  • Public hearing schedule for Homestead Exemption decision.
  • Continued financial oversight and preparation for the FY2026 Budget Development Process.

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Dr. Keith Colbert

Dr. Keith A. Colbert has served in the Clayton County Public Schools (CCPS) system since 1998, starting his career as a fourth-grade teacher at Northcutt Elementary School. After a two-year tenure at Northcutt Elementary, he transferred to Morrow High School, where he served as a math teacher, special education teacher, and assistant head basketball coach. To gain insightful leadership experience, Dr. Colbert shadowed the administrative team, gained useful school leadership experience, and obtained a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Troy State University.

Dr. Colbert was selected as assistant principal of Mundy’s Mill High School (MMHS) in 2003 under the leadership of Dr. Anthony W. Smith. During his tenure at MMHS, he was instrumental in preparing the first class to graduate from the newly constructed school.

Dr. Colbert was recognized as a future principal leader in the district and was selected as one of twelve future leaders to participate in the principal preparation program, “A Forward-LEAP.” After completing this program, Dr. Colbert was appointed principal of Lovejoy Middle School in 2006, where he led more than 1,400 students. At the time, Lovejoy Middle School was the largest middle school in the district and considered underperforming. Dr. Colbert and his team led the school to substantial improvements in student achievement and were consequently selected as the 2008 Georgia PTSA Principal of the Year.

Driven to nurture a class of students from 6th grade to graduation, Dr. Colbert was appointed principal of Lovejoy High School in July 2009, where he served for seven years. He is one of the few principals in traditional high schools who is fortunate to have guided sixth graders to graduation with the Class of 2013. During his tenure at Lovejoy High School, the school was recognized as a Title I Rewards school in 2012 and 2013, SAT’s greatest gains school in 2012, and a USA News top high school in 2011. Dr. Colbert’s achievements led to a finalist for Principal of the Year for Clayton County Public Schools in 2011 and 2013.

In June of 2016, Dr. Keith A. Colbert was appointed Assistant Superintendent of Schools for Clayton County Public Schools.

Cayanna Good, Ph.D.

Dr. Cayanna Good serves as Deputy Commissioner for Innovation and Impact at the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG), where she leads systemwide strategic planning and drives organizational improvement across all institutional pillars.
Previously, she served as Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Adult Education, overseeing statewide literacy initiatives, workforce alignment, and Georgia’s high school equivalency credentialing program.

Before joining TCSG, Dr. Good held leadership roles at the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement, the Georgia Department of Education, Teach For America, and TNTP. Her career began in the classroom in Houston — an experience that continues to ground her unwavering commitment to equity, access, and opportunity for all learners.

Dr. Good earned her bachelor’s degree from Fisk University, her master’s from Georgia State University, and her doctorate from Mercer University. She serves as Chairperson of the State Charter School Commission, she is a member of the Georgia Commission for Service and Volunteerism, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and a member of the Brookwood High School Local School Council.