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Plans to make wifi a public utility and bring Internet access to all Atlanta school children.

Promises to address the achievement gap by creating Early Childhood Learning centers in West Atlanta for children ages 0-3 years.

- Plans to make wifi a public utility and bring Internet access to all Atlanta school children.
- Promises to address the achievement gap by creating Early Childhood Learning centers in West Atlanta for children ages 0-3 years.
- Supports reducing classroom sizes.

Equity

As of May 10, 2025, Raynard Johnson’s website did not contain information on this issue.

School System Budget

Supports "\[e\]nhancing employment opportunities for students with a vocational education."

- Supports "\[e\]nhancing employment opportunities for students with a vocational education."

College & Career Readiness

COVID

Raynard Johnson

Atlanta Board of Education

Amend  CCDR 6.2020

12.31.2020 CCDR

Amend 2  CCDR 6.2018

Amend  CCDR 12.2019

Amend  CCDR 12.2018

Amend  CCDR 6 30 2018

Amend2  CCDR 12.2019

CCDR 6/2020

Amend2  CCDR 6.2019

Amend2  CCDR 6.2020

Amend2  CCDR 12.2020

Amend  CCDR 12.2020

Amend  CCDR 6.2019

June CDR 2021 AMEND

CCD 10.25.21

April CDR 2021 Amend

CCDR 9.30.21

As a board of education member, she developed the first electronic newsletter for her district.

As a board of education member, she supported the food pantry program for schools, the repurposing of unused school buildings into community centers and digital devices for all students.

As a board of education member, she wrote the school district’s policies on domestic minor sex trafficking, trauma-informed practices, and restorative justice practices.

As a board of education member, she co-wrote the Atlanta Public Schools Equity Policy.

- As a board of education member, she developed the first electronic newsletter for her district.
- As a board of education member, she supported the food pantry program for schools, the repurposing of unused school buildings into community centers and digital devices for all students. 
- As a board of education member, she wrote the school district’s policies on domestic minor sex trafficking, trauma-informed practices, and restorative justice practices.
- As a board of education member, she co-wrote the Atlanta Public Schools Equity Policy.

Wants to conduct an equity assessment of the budget to ensure investments "help reduce disparities, \[\] promote service level equity, improve participation and support leadership development."

- Wants to conduct an equity assessment of the budget to ensure investments "help reduce disparities, \[\] promote service level equity, improve participation and support leadership development."

Wants to improve curriculum to strengthen students' executive functioning skills and supports "increasing rigor in the classroom."

Wants to create college preparation and financial literacy courses

- Wants to improve curriculum to strengthen students' executive functioning skills and supports "increasing rigor in the classroom."
- Wants to create college preparation and financial literacy courses

Supports the Atlanta Public Schools' Academic Recovery Plan that will take place over the next three years.

- Supports the Atlanta Public Schools' Academic Recovery Plan that will take place over the next three years.

Erika Y. Mitchell

- 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.
