District and School Flexibility Support

The alliance will research issues specific to Georgia on improving student outcomes in local education agencies with an Strategic Waivers School System (SWSS) contract.

The goal of the alliance is to have SWSS and charter systems use research to learn about the flexibilities being implemented in their district and schools and improve their implementation.

• Francesca Black
  Division Attorney, District Flexibility and Charter Schools
  Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE)
• Louis Erste
  Associate Superintendent, Policy, Charter Schools, District Flexibility, and Governmental Affairs
  GaDOE
• Elisa Falco
  Vice President School Services
  Georgia Charter School Association (GCSA)
• Steve Flynt, Ph.D.
  Associate Superintendent
  Gwinnett County Public Schools
• Howard Hendley, Ed.D.
  Director of Policy
  GaDOE
• Lauren Holcomb
  Director of Organizational and Resource Development
  State Charter School Commission
• Preston Howard
  Lieutenant Governor Appointee
  Charter Advisory Committee
• Katie Manthey
  Academic Accountability Manager
  State Charter School Commission
• Allen Mueller
  Director, Office of Charter Schools
  GaDOE
• Tony Pickett
  Strategic Planning Assistant to the Superintendent
  Henry County Schools
• Pam Tallmadge
  Executive Assistant
  Charter Systems Foundation
• Sam Rauschenberg, Ph.D.
  Deputy Director
  Governor's Office of Student Achievement (GOSA)
• Dan Weber
  Executive Director
  Charter Systems Foundation
• Mark Whitlock
  Chairperson
  Charter Advisory Committee
• Melissa Williams
  Superintendent
  Rabun County School District
• Martha Ann Todd
  Executive Director
  GOSA