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Adam Shirley lives near Beechwood with his family.

Adam Shirley graduated from the University of Georgia. He is a father.

Adam is a classroom teacher. He has been teaching for 18 years. 

Adam has served on the Clarke County Board of Elections for five years.

Supports universal pre-kindergarten programs for children in the district.

- Supports universal pre-kindergarten programs for children in the district.

Access to Education

As of March 11, 2026, Adam Shirley’s website did not contain information on this issue.

School Curriculum

Believes CCSD lacks sufficient funds to ensure students receive "the superior education they deserve and parents demand."

Believes the school district lacks sufficient funds to ensure students receive "the superior education they deserve and parents demand."

Supports increasing funding for schools from local, state, and federal sources.

Supports ensuring all expenses are focused on empowering students and believes taxpayers should be assured funds are used wisely to support sufficient school funding.

Promotes ensuring all expenses are focused on empowering students.

- Believes the school district lacks sufficient funds to ensure students receive "the superior education they deserve and parents demand."
- Supports increasing funding for schools from local, state, and federal sources.
- Promotes ensuring all expenses are focused on empowering students.

School Facilities & Resources

Student Wellbeing

Supports providing teachers with clear expectations, fair compensation, and necessary tools to retain staff and improve student outcomes.

Advocates for providing teachers with clear expectations, fair compensation, and necessary tools to retain staff and improve student outcomes.

- Advocates for providing teachers with clear expectations, fair compensation, and necessary tools to retain staff and improve student outcomes.

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Lillie Brooks has lived in Athens since 2008.

Lillie previously worked as an applied behavior analysis therapist for students with autism, a second grade classroom teacher, a Montessori teacher, and a paraprofessional at Cedar Shoals High School and Barrow Elementary.

Supports improving district-wide literacy rates to ensure students read on grade level by 3rd grade and advocates for supporting students with dyslexia and other learning differences in achieving literacy-related goals.

- Supports improving district-wide literacy rates to ensure students read on grade level by 3rd grade and advocates for supporting students with dyslexia and other learning differences in achieving literacy-related goals.

Supports improving College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) scores and graduation rates.

- Supports improving College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) scores and graduation rates.

Supports the ACCA and believes it provides students with unique and fulfilling opportunities.

- Supports the ACCA and believes it provides students with unique and fulfilling opportunities.

Supports improving student attendance rates.

- Supports improving student attendance rates.

As of March 11, 2026, Lillie Brooks’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Lillie Brooks

- The Board of Education runs the public school system. The Board of Education is entirely independent from the rest of the county 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.
- Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.

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Clarke County Board of Education Member, District 7

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