Recent News

Fayette County Board of Education seeks new Superintendent. Deadline May 24th, 2020.
The Fayette County School System Board of Education has contracted the Georgia School Boards Association to assist with their search for their next superintendent of schools. Application Deadline: Sunday, May 24th, 2020 – 11:59 p.m. EST. Please see the vacancy announcement for more information. Please work on your application prior to the closing date. After you “submit” your application, […]
GSSA Capitol Report – Day 28
Wow, what a action packed day and unusual crossover day. This will be a different Friday News so please bare with my longer than usual report. (Not all legislative happenings) Crossover Day: House Bills Only. Tomorrow I will review the Senate Bills that made it through. The House chamber went to midnight tonight passing some key […]
GSSA Capitol Report – Day 27
The day began with the Senate passing SB 386 Special Needs voucher bill 33-22. Only two repubs voting against it: Sen Brandon Beach and Sen. Ellis Black. One Democrat voting for the bill was Sen Donzella James. The tone of the Senate at the time of the vote was very subdued. (not usually seen unless it […]
Coronavirus/COVID-19 Information and Messaging
With the growing concern in our communities about the Coronavirus/COVID-19 we thought we would share some good resources that we have found and others are using to keep their communities updated and informed. Dr. Zauner and I continue to monitor this situation and have been communicating with the Department of Public Health, Ga DOE, Governor’s […]
GSSA Capitol Report – Day 26
This morning House Appropriations met to discuss the FY21 Budget. (tracking sheet) The outcome of the discussions for K-12 education were a $1000 certified earned teacher raise, 5% raise for transportation and school nutrition personnel, and 2% increase for school nurses. Twenty-five million dollars was added to fully fund counselors at a ratio of 1:450. Remember this […]
Superintendents have an accountability discussion with John Tanner.
Several Superintendents met on December 10th at the Atlanta Campus of Mercer University to meet with John Tanner and have a discussion about Accountability. We were lucky enough to have 20+ superintendents from all corners of the state to take part in this conversation. John Tanner will be the keynote speaker at GSSA’s 2020 Spring […]
GSSA and GSBA sit down with the governor.
Governor Brian Kemp met with Superintendents and Board members to discuss public education during the 2019 GSBA/GSSA Annual Conference. From left to right: Tim Cochran(Decatur County Superintendent) – GSSA Past-President , Valerie Wilson – Executive Director of GSBA, John Zauner – Executive Director of GSSA, Governor Brian Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp
Congratulations to Samantha Fuhrey, Georgia’s 2020 Superintendent of the Year and National Superintend of the Year Finalist!!
Congratulations to Samantha Fuhrey of Newton County Schools for being named the 2020 Georgia Superintendent of the Year. The announcement and the award was presented to Mrs. Fuhrey on December 6th at the GSBA/GSSA Annual Conference in Atlanta. Fuhrey has now been selected as one of the four national finalists for National Superintendent of the […]
Dr. Curtis Jones honored in Washington D.C.
Dr. Curtis Jones, Superintendent of Bibb County Schools, was recognized at the 2019 Superintendent of the Year Gala in Washington DC. The gala too place on Tuesday November 12th in Washington D.C. at the Mayflower Renaissance Hotel. Dr. Curtis Jones is pictured below with Dr. John Zauner, the Executive Director of the Georgia School Superintendents […]
Millage Rates 2000-2019
Please click on the link below to access the document. Millage Rates 2000-2019