蜜桃影视

Atlanta, Georgia

When you鈥檙e a parent聽thinking聽about what鈥檚 best for your child, I can only imagine the fear and anger one must have聽when聽watching the conversation happening between the Atlanta Board of Education and the current聽superintendent. Negative comments in the media by the superintendent , accompanied by negative mail being sent to parents attacking board members, only reminds parents that the Atlanta Public Schools may be losing focus on our children鈥檚 future.

As this dust settles, what you should realize more than ever before is that聽it鈥檚聽ultimately聽up to you to navigate your child鈥檚 educational future. Our children need a strong leader for our growing and diverse city and public school system. But with that decision being completely out of your hands, you must focus on the things聽that聽you can control. We believe this work includes inspiring parent engagement, empowering community leaders, activating praying pastors, and聽supporting capable and committed聽teachers. With聽or without a superintendent, these critical stakeholders must聽become and remain聽engaged聽in the process.

If you believe this level of stakeholder synergy and engagement聽is critical for our children鈥檚 educational future, then you should聽now聽have a clear understanding of the work of (BOOK). BOOK is an African-American-led organization founded in 2016 that is聽unapologetically focused聽on聽schools and communities聽serving African-American children. Our goal is simple, and that is聽to help聽build聽and support聽a powerful聽and connective聽ecosystem focused on supporting high-performing schools and the communities they serve. After only five years, we are once again plunging headfirst聽into a search for a new superintendent. As聽disruptive and political as the pursuit of a new leader can become, we must remain focused on聽educating Atlanta鈥檚 children. A strong superintendent is but 鈥渙ne cog in the wheel鈥� that must be highly functional for Atlanta to reach its highest heights.

In these uncertain times,聽it should be clearer than ever that we must look beyond the walls of the聽historical constructs聽of our dated public educational models, and look at new concepts, models and approaches to聽educate聽our children. The ability of parents to navigate their聽children鈥檚聽educational future must now be supported聽by caring stakeholders like BOOK, who聽make this goal their top priority.

BOOK was founded and is operated by African Americans for African-American children and families. The need to create and uplift a new voice to 鈥淓ducate, Empower and Execute鈥� was long overdue in metro Atlanta. In partnership with parents, community members, pastors and business leaders, BOOK has created programming designed to listen to dialogue, gain knowledge, share resources and create quality engagements. As educational advocates, we plan to continue to build collaborative relationships through our programming, K-12 School Tours,聽Community Talk events,聽School Pilgrimage trips and Leadership Development opportunities.

More than ever before, it鈥檚 our responsibility, and ultimately part of our children鈥檚 inheritance, to unearth every stone, look under every rock and remove every obstacle to ensure that our children receive a world-class education. What we must now understand is that only through this inheritance can we start to remove the 鈥渟hackles from our feet鈥� and address the systemic injustices that have plagued our race since we arrived in this country back in 1619.

It鈥檚 BOOK鈥檚 firm belief that we must research, understand and take advantage of every educational option available for our children. And if you believe this fact as strongly as we do, then you should also believe that it鈥檚 our responsibility to make sure that African-American children are educated 鈥渂y any means necessary.鈥�

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