APS moves first day of school to Aug. 4, appoints 13 new principals
The Atlanta Board of Education has moved the first day of class for the 2025/26 school year from Friday, Aug. 1, to Monday, Aug. 4.
Officials said the date change was made to “maximize student attendance on day one and throughout the school year.”
APS also announced it has appointed 13 new principals:
• Gerard Latimore, Benteen Elementary School
• Heather P. Stephenson, Bolton Academy
• Holly Brookins, Burgess-Peterson Elementary School
• Keenya Jackson, Cleveland Avenue Elementary School
• Chendra Dupree, Herman J. Russell West End Academy
• Langston Longley, John Lewis Invictus Academy
• Chante’ Blackwell, Perkerson Elementary School
• Lami Ojezua, Scott Elementary School
• Stacey Welsh Perot, Smith Elementary School
• Phillip Braziel, South Atlanta High School
• Octavius Harris, Therrell High School
• Dante Edwards, Garden Hills Elementary School
• Kimberly Latchman, Maynard H. Jackson High School
These 13 school leaders join seven that were approved and announced by the Board in May:
- Brian Baron, Morningside Elementary School
- Summer Clayton, E. Rivers Elementary School
- Tiauna Crooms, Booker T. Washington High School
- Shermain Jennings, Frederick Douglass High School
- Angela Mitchell, North Atlanta High School
- Kristy Reese, L.O. Kimberly Elementary School
- Adib Shakir, Michael R. Hollis Innovation Academy
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