More than 500 parents, students and community members attended the Metro Atlanta Charter School Expo at Ivy Preparatory Academy on Saturday, Jan. 25.聽Georgia Charter Schools Association and GeorgiaCAN hosted this crucial event for Atlanta area families. The purpose of the Metro Atlanta Charter School Expo was聽to match public charter schools in聽Atlanta, Clayton, Fulton and DeKalb counties with families interested in enrolling their children聽for the 2020聽school聽year.
鈥淚 think this is awesome,鈥� Tiquicha Harris, a Fulton County resident, said. 鈥淚鈥檓 new to learning about charter schools. I didn鈥檛 know what was out there and how many are out there, so to be able to come and see what is offered is amazing.鈥�
Chuck Meadows, ANCS’ Executive Director, pictured with ANCS staff members.
Harris came to the event looking for a diverse charter school with small class sizes and more structure for her son.
Attendees like Harris were able to visit with representatives from more than 40 public charter schools.
鈥淥utreach is important to us,鈥� Chuck Meadows, Executive Director of Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School said, 鈥淲e are a neighborhood school, but we want to make that sure our message and our approach gets out to as many people as possible. Diversity is really important to us, and we have a strong goal of increasing and maintaining diversity in our student body. This a great opportunity to meet a group of folks that may not have heard of us before but have a great chance to be part of the ANCS school family.鈥�
The event kicked off Georgia鈥檚 celebration of National School Choice Week. The purpose of National School Choice Week is to raise awareness about the K-12 education options available to families in communities across the nation.
91吃瓜 wants to continue to inform parents about their options by sharing聽your school’s enrollment information on social media. To share your enrollment information, email Michelle Wirth at mwirth@gacharters.org or call 470-236-0671.
