FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
Since 1997, I have worked to reduce bond indebtedness by $200 million; to increase bond ratings from Standard and Poor’s and Moody’s from AA to AAA; to balance the 2020 budget of $2.32 billion; and opened debt free sixty-nine new schools, while not raising your property taxes.
FAIRNESS
After hearing your concerns, I championed an AUTOMATIC APPEAL PROCESS for the Gateway Tests for 4th and 7th graders so that a single measure DOES NOT determine if a student passes, fails, or is or is not promoted.
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
In 2019-20, the average SAT score of Gwinnett County Public Schools was 1094, exceeding the Georgia average by 46 points and the national average by 57 points.
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84,000 students in 1996 to more than 180,000 students in 2019, while Gwinnett County Public Schools educated students to a level recognized as among the best in Georgia and in the nation.
We did this while our student and family socio-economic and poverty levels changed sharply. In 2010, Gwinnett County School System was selected as the Best Urban Public School System in the nation and in 2014 as a co-winner by the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and received $1.5 million in college scholarships for more than 55 students. The Gwinnett Board of Education received the Georgia School Board Association “Inaugural Governance Team of the Year” Award in 2018.