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Wants the school system to "be operated as efficiently as possible."

Plans to use education special purpose tax (eSPLOST) funds to provide job opportunities for vocational education students.

Wants more funding for early childhood learning.

Supports a homestead exemption that allows homeowners 65 years or older to not pay the portion of their property taxes that go towards local schools.

Said, "Commercial property owners are not paying their fair share of APS property taxes because the APS School Board and the Atlanta City Council have abated millions of dollars for 30 years taxes on commercials developments, i.e., 'The Gulch'."

- Wants the school system to "be operated as efficiently as possible."
- Plans to use education special purpose tax (eSPLOST) funds to provide job opportunities for vocational education students.
- Wants more funding for early childhood learning.
- Supports a homestead exemption that allows homeowners 65 years or older to not pay the portion of their property taxes that go towards local schools.
- Said, "Commercial property owners are not paying their fair share of APS property taxes because the APS School Board and the Atlanta City Council have abated millions of dollars for 30 years taxes on commercials developments, i.e., 'The Gulch'."

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Wants to address "the culture of intimidation that still permeates APS (HR) from the time of the cheating scandal" in order to better retain teachers.

Supports using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), a corporate performance metric, in order to serve students with disabilities.

- Wants to address "the culture of intimidation that still permeates APS (HR) from the time of the cheating scandal" in order to better retain teachers.
- Supports using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), a corporate performance metric, in order to serve students with disabilities.

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Plans to provides teachers with "the tools they need to do their job."

Plans to "break down and remove traumatic barriers that impede learning."

Wants to provide free after-school tutoring programs for K-12 students to recover learning loss from the pandemic.

Supports providing all Atlanta Public School students with a valid student ID free access to MARTA.

Previously wanted to make Wi-Fi a public utility and bring internet access to all Atlanta school children.

- Plans to provides teachers with "the tools they need to do their job."
- Plans to "break down and remove traumatic barriers that impede learning."
- Wants to provide free after-school tutoring programs for K-12 students to recover learning loss from the pandemic.
- Supports providing all Atlanta Public School students with a valid student ID free access to MARTA.
- Previously wanted to make Wi-Fi a public utility and bring internet access to all Atlanta school children.

School Facilities & Resources

As of September 12, 2023, Raynard Johnson’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Previously wanted to make sure that money was reported and being accounted for by the school system.

Previously planned to request a full audit of the school system's finances and said, "mismanagement of funds is ultimately hurting our students most in need."

- Wants to higher high quality teachers.
- Previously wanted to make sure that money was reported and being accounted for by the school system.
- Previously planned to request a full audit of the school system's finances and said, "mismanagement of funds is ultimately hurting our students most in need."

Wants to reduce the high school drop out rate.

- Wants to reduce the high school drop out rate.
- Plans to work to improve literacy.

Wants each students to have access to a school-provided digital device.

As a board member, she supported renovating the district Planetarium and turning vacant school buildings into community centers.

Supports the food pantry program in each school.

- Wants each students to have access to a school-provided digital device.
- As a board member, she supported renovating the district Planetarium and turning vacant school buildings into community centers.
- Supports the food pantry program in each school.

As a board member, she wrote the first school district domestic minor sex trafficking, trauma-informed practices, and restorative justice practice policies.

As a board member, she co-wrote the first equity policy for Atlanta Public Schools.

- As a board member, she wrote the first school district domestic minor sex trafficking, trauma-informed practices, and restorative justice practice policies.
- As a board member, she co-wrote the first equity policy for Atlanta Public Schools.

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- The Board of Education runs the public school system, and it is entirely independent from the rest of the city government. 
- Board of Education members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day. 
- Some Board of Education members are elected by the entire city, while others represent specific districts. 
- Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.
