Board: APS chief keeping district on right track

Atlanta school superintendent Meria Carstarphen is keeping the district on the right track, Atlanta school board chair Courtney English said Monday night after the board’s formal evaluation of her performance.

The board conducted its evaluation of Carstarphen behind closed doors, the practice for most Georgia school districts. After the private evaluation, English summarized the board’s assessment of her publicly.

“Dr. Carstarphen has kept the district on a path towards meeting and exceeding the board’s expectations,” English said.

Carstarphen was hired in the spring of 2014.

English credited Carstarphen with a long list of accomplishments, including “setting the stage” for improvement in student achievement, introducing in schools new lessons on building healthy relationships and managing emotions, and improving the budgeting process.

UPCOMING

Spring Play Readings by Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company and TimeWarner Foundation. “Noms de Guerre” by Jacqueline Lawton, 7 p.m. today; “Sender” by Ike Holter, 7 p.m. Thursday; “The First Noel” by Lelund Thompson and Jason Michael Webb, 7 p.m. Friday. Free. Fulton County Southwest Arts Center, 915 New Hope Road SW. Register: TrueColorsTheatre.org.

“Recovery: The Twelve Steps as Spiritual Practice.” Erev Shabbat d’var Torah, 7:30-9 p.m. Friday, 3-8:30 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon Sunday. Free Friday, $36 Saturday, $18 Sunday, $50 Saturday and Sunday. Congregation Bet Haverim, 2074 Lavista Road. Hosted by Rabbi Rami Shapiro, author of “Recovery: The Sacred Art.” Register: 404-315-6446, CongregationBetHaverim.org.

Southwest Atlanta Expedition by The Georgia Trust. 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. $20 to $50, extra for lunch and/or reception. Various locations. Discover Atlanta’s lesser-known historic neighborhoods and an array of private homes and historic sites during a daylong, self-guided tour in Adair Park, West End, Capitol View Manor and Adams Park. Register: GeorgiaTrust.org/historic_sites/rambles/ExpeditionSWAtlanta.php. chesneyelementary.org.