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Adrienne is from Waukegan, Illinois. She has a bachelors of science in business administration from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She also has a Master of Education from Georgia State University, and a Doctorate of Education, Educational Leadership, and Administration from the Clark Atlanta University. She lives with her husband and two children in Gwinnett County, Georgia.

Adrienne is a Program Manager. She works at the Georgia Department of Education, where she has been for 5 years. She previously worked at Atlanta Public Schools, Fulton County Schools, DeKalb County School District, and Teach for America.

Adrienne Simmons’ campaign for Gwinnett County's Board of Education Member for District 4 is her first entry into politics.

A. Simmons Campaign Finance Report 04.30.22

Supports efforts to retain teachers, especially great ones, because "in the absence of good teachers, impactful learning will not occur."

Supports ensuring teachers have adequate planning time for their curriculum and its instruction.

Supports efforts to expand staff to alleviate teacher workload. This would include hiring paraprofessionals, social workers, and counselors.

Supports the recruitment of teachers who reflect the diversity of the student body.

- Supports efforts to retain teachers, especially great ones, because "in the absence of good teachers, impactful learning will not occur." 
- Supports ensuring teachers have adequate planning time for their curriculum and its instruction. 
- Supports efforts to expand staff to alleviate teacher workload. This would include hiring paraprofessionals, social workers, and counselors.
- Supports the recruitment of teachers who reflect the diversity of the student body.

Teacher Recruitment

Supports a "future focused" school curriculum to ensure students are prepared to compete globally.

Supports the involvement of parents and students in discussions of curriculum and other topics raised at Board of Education meetings.

- Supports a "future focused" school curriculum to ensure students are prepared to compete globally. 
- Supports the involvement of parents and students in discussions of curriculum and other topics raised at Board of Education meetings.

School Curriculum

Supports courses for financial literacy, entrepreneurial studies, computer science and other industrial subjects that are experiencing a shortage of workers.

- Supports courses for financial literacy, entrepreneurial studies, computer science and other industrial subjects that are experiencing a shortage of workers.

College & Career Readiness

As of June 3, 2022, Adrienne Simmons’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Adrienne Simmons

- The Board of Education runs the public school system. The Board of Education is entirely independent from the rest of the county government.
- Board of Education members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day.
- Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.