‘Bridging the Gap’: Here’s How APS GO Teams Connect Communities to the School Board

Another Atlanta Public Schools election season is around the corner, and this time community stakeholders will have the opportunity to vote for a hyper-local advisory council that relies on parents, educators, community leaders, and students to inform the Atlanta Board of Education of happenings on the school level. 

Similar to the city of Atlanta’s Neighborhood Planning Units, APS GO Teams, known formally as Local School Governance Teams, are restructured versions of the former local school councils embedded within each APS school. They exist to give parents, educators, and students the opportunity to hold policymakers accountable by advising the nine-member school board on exactly what is happening inside the hallways.

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