The Georgia Department of Education released the annual categories of needs improvement lists on Jan. 9, revealing that four schools from South Fulton County Schools were removed from targeted-assistance lists.
At its Jan. 9 work session, Fulton County Board of Education discussed plans for redistricting several south Fulton elementary schools due to the construction of a replacement S.L. Lewis Elementary
Thirty-five-year-old Atlanta entrepreneur Ray Mills has given back to the elementary school that he says helped keep him safe and influenced his successful path as an entrepreneur and youth mentor.
The businessman, real estate investor, and author who was brought up by his grandparents, was educated at Love T. Nolan Elementary School during his first- through fifth-grade years in the early ’90s.
“It was good for the type of community that we were in, it helped us,” Mills told Atlanta Black Star. “It definitely shielded us from, you know, the gang violence and the shooting, it was a safe haven for me.”
Former student, now millionaire helps elementary school get new sign
A self-made millionaire has helped his old elementary school in a big way.
ATLANTA - An Atlanta businessman reached back to help his former elementary school by assisting with the purchase of a digital sign.
Ray Mills, 35, said he had fond memories of attending Love T. Nolan Elementary School and use to run to and from school as a child.
When the wooden marque sign broke and fell back in October, the principal saw the problem as an opportunity to upgrade and purchase a 21st-century digital sign that would allow the school to better communicate with stakeholders during this pandemic.