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Friday, June 7 • 8:00am - 10:00am
First General Session - Regency Ballroom (2nd Level)

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Introduction of GSBA Board of Directors

Presiding: Katrina Young, GSBA President

Entertainment: Chorus from Coffee County High School; Tania Myers, Director

Student Speaker: Hudson Folsom, Cook County High School, Cook County Schools
                Speaker Sponsored by: Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood Architects

Keynote Address: Why Rural Schools Matter;
                 Mara C. Tieken, Associate Professor of Education, Bates College
                Speaker Sponsored by: Parrish Construction Group

10:30 AM  Break & Tour of Exhibits
Speakers
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Katrina Young

GSBA President, Rockdale County Schools
Katrina P. Young has served on the Rockdale County Board of Education since 2007 and is the system’s designee for the GSBA Delegate Assembly. Young became GSBA District 4 Director in 2011. She serves on several GSBA committees, including Governmental Operations, Strategic Planning... Read More →
avatar for Dr. Mara C. Tieken

Dr. Mara C. Tieken

Assoc. Professor of Education, Bates College
Mara Tieken received her Doctorate of Education from the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University in 2011. Her research focuses on racial and educational equity in rural schools and communities. Her book Why Rural Schools Matter was published by the University of North Carolina Press in the fall of 2014. An ethnographic study of two rural Arkansas communities, it examines the roles that rural schools play in rural towns–specifically, how they shape a particular community and how they shape the racial landscapes of these towns. She is now workin... Read More →

Friday June 7, 2019 8:00am - 10:00am EDT
Regency Ballroom (2nd Level) Hyatt Regency Savannah, 2 West Bay Street
  General Session