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Michelle Wirth

Dr. Bonnie Holliday has been promoted from Executive Vice President of Policy and External Relations to Chief Strategy Officer. In this new role, Bonnie will oversee all aspects of our strategic mission relating to New Charter School Development, Charter School Success, and continuing to also lead GCSA’s Policy and Advocacy work.

Alisha is an education leader, wife, mother, child advocate and education thought leader.. At the age of 23, Searcy made history as the first African American to serve Cobb County in […]

REGISTER TODAY! Georgia Charter Schools Association is hosting a virtual town hall for Georgia charter schools with Alisha Thomas Searcy, candidate for State School Superintendent, on Friday, Sept. 16 at 10 a.m. Submit questions for […]

Georgia Charter Schools Association is excited to welcome Alicia Turlington as our Director of Membership and Events. In her new role, Alicia will plan and execute all GCSA events, including GCSA’s annual conference and the Celebration of Advocates in December. She will also coordinate the selection process for the Charter School of the Year awards and work to actively engage, retain, and recruit GCSA members and Associate Members.

New survey data reveals Georgia parents’ views on education and willingness to be “education voters” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 25, 2022  In a new report, Never Going Back: An Analysis of […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug. 24, 2022 ATLANTA — The Georgia Charter Schools Association provided the following statement regarding the passing of former First Lady Sandra Deal.  We are deeply saddened to learn […]

Amana Academy West Atlanta held a grand opening ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 18, to mark the establishment of its campus at the Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta’s Camp Timber Ridge. […]

10 Educators Will Receive $1,000   Educators shape the lives of the children who enter their classrooms, and charter school teachers go above and beyond to best meet the needs […]

Help us get legislators into charter schools!    -GCSA’s policy and advocacy team is now scheduling charter school site visits for legislators. -GCSA has identified “high priority” legislators (based on […]

Kim D. Harrington serves as the chief of staff to the executive vice president of administration and finance at Georgia Tech. Prior to this, she was the chief human resources […]

Jessica Story, CPA, is a Sr. Manager in the Audit Division of Warren Averett.  She has over 14 years of public accounting experience. Jessica’s primary responsibilities include managing and overseeing […]

Christopher T. Sanders serves as the Executive Director of the East Metro Community Improvement District. Before working for the CID, he previously was with the Georgia Department of Revenue as […]