Heatley Resigns

[Oscar Knight]

www.news-daily.com/news/2012/aug/29/clayton-school-superintendent-edmond-heatley/

[Oscar Knight]

Quote : "Brown then surprised Heatley by lining up staffers and others, including Sheriff Kem Kimbrough, behind Heatley to lift him into the air."

...They should have dropped him, carried him to the county line, or both.


www.news-daily.com/news/2012/aug/10/heatley-rallies-teachers-staff-new-year/?c=55572

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His tenure here was spent in search of an unspecified job elsewhere. Now to locate another embarrassment or BOE lapdog.

[Oscar Knight]

Heatley headed to Berkeley

www.news-daily.com/news/2012/aug/31/heatley-headed-berkeley/

[Oscar Knight]

“My plan is to be in Clayton County until the work is done,” Heatley said in the Aug. 21 profile about him. “Is that a number of years? I don’t know. I will know when my team says we’re able to stand on our own two feet … when disciplinary rates go down and graduation rates go up.”

www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/clayton-superintendent-heatley-a-finalist-for-cali/nR2QL/

"District educators respond to new graduation rates"

In Clayton County, the overall high school graduation rate is 51.48 percent under the new formula, down from 80.2 percent under the previous one. For the state, the overall rate –– the report showed –– is 67.4 percent, compared to the previous rate of 80.9 percent.

Under the new method of calculating, individual Clayton County high schools’ graduation rates range from 42 percent, to 61 percent. Lovejoy High is at 61.12 percent; Jonesboro High, 58.45 percent; Mundy’s Mill High, 57.87 percent; Mt. Zion High, 56.58 percent; Riverdale High, 53.58 percent; Morrow High, 51.29 percent; North Clayton High, 48.82 percent and Forest Park High, at 42.50 percent. No figures were available for Drew, which graduates its first class this spring.

READ MORE :

www.news-daily.com/news/2012/apr/13/district-educators-respond-new-graduation-rates/

"New Formula Knocks District High School Graduation Rate Down"

www.news-daily.com/news/2012/apr/10/new-formula-knocks-district-high-school-graduation/

[Oscar Knight]

....Berkeley :

The Clayton County School System :

"Heatley is the fifth superintendent for the system in two years."

www.berkeleyside.com/2012/08/31/berkeley-school-district-homes-in-on-superintendent-candidate/

"Berkeley School Board Chooses Finalist For Superintendent"

Berkeley officials said that under Heatley's leadership, the number of students in Clayton County failing to meet expectations on Georgia's standardized exams has declined across all racial and ethnic categories, particularly among black and Latino students.

They said Heatley has also spearheaded efforts that have improved graduation rates and college and career readiness.

Heatley was a site administrator, an assistant superintendent, an associate superintendent and a superintendent at school districts in California before he joined the Clayton County Public Schools.

www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2012-08-31/article/40151?headline=Berkeley-School-Board-Chooses-Finalist-for-Superintendent--By-Jeff-Shuttleworth-BCN-

[Oscar Knight]

.....Timeline :

"Heatly to be Hired as Clayton County Superintendent"

www.insidesocal.com/educationnow/2009/05/heatly-to-be-hired-as-clayton.html

[Oscar Knight]

"Heatley's tenure will be remembered for controversies"
— Curt Yeomans

www.news-daily.com/news/2012/aug/30/heatleys-tenure-will-be-remembered-controversies-c/

[Oscar Knight]

Clayton County : Back To School Rally

A Waste of Money

www.11alive.com/news/article/252118/40/Waste-Watchers-Was-Clayton-Co-back-to-school-rally-a-waste-of-money