Deal names Gwinnett’s school superintendent to lead effort to improve school leadership

Deal names Gwinnett’s school superintendent to lead effort to improve school leadership

Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed Gwinnett County schools CEO/Superintendent Alvin Wilbanks to chair of a statewide committee to evaluate a proposed leadership academy for top educators. The committee is part of Deal’s ongoing efforts to have the state intervene in chronically failing schools.

Wilbanks is to guide the efforts of a 15-member committee that’s to recommend whether Georgia should create a leadership academy for school principals and other school leaders. Dec. 1 is the deadline for the committee to issue recommendations, including any proposed legislation to accomplish any recommendations.