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Palmer received endorsements from The Network for Public Education and The American Federation of Teachers Union.<ref>[http://www.networkforpubliceducation.org/category/npe-endorsements/ ''The Network of Public Education,''  "NPE endorses Cynthia Briscoe Brown and Mary Palmer for Atlanta School Board," accessed October 25, 2013]</ref><ref>[http://marypalmerforschools.com/category/atlanta-school-board-seat-5/ ''Mary Palmer,'' accessed October 25, 2013] ''([[dead link]])''</ref>
Palmer received endorsements from The Network for Public Education and The American Federation of Teachers Union.<ref>[http://www.networkforpubliceducation.org/category/npe-endorsements/ ''The Network of Public Education,''  "NPE endorses Cynthia Briscoe Brown and Mary Palmer for Atlanta School Board," accessed October 25, 2013]</ref><ref>[http://marypalmerforschools.com/category/atlanta-school-board-seat-5/ ''Mary Palmer,'' accessed October 25, 2013] ''([[dead link]])''</ref>


==About the district==
::See also: [[Atlanta Public Schools, Georgia]]
[[File:Fulton County.png|200px|thumb|left|Imagelink=Atlanta Public Schools elections (2013)|Atlanta Public Schools is located in Fulton County and DeKalb County]]
Atlanta Public Schools is located in parts of Fulton County and DeKalb County, Georgia. Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County. Atlanta is home to 443,775 residents.<ref name=Census>[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/13/1304000.html ''2010 Census: Quick Facts,'' "Atlanta," accessed October 23, 2013"]</ref>
===Demographics===
Atlanta underperforms the state in median household income and poverty rate, but outperforms the state in higher education. According to the 2010 Census, the median household income in Atlanta is $45,946 compared to Georgia's statewide median of $49,736. The rate of residents below the poverty level in Atlanta is 23.2% while the state rate is 16.5%. The percentage of residents over 25 with a bachelor's degree or higher in Atlanta is 46.1%, compared to the state average of 27.5%.<ref name = Census/>
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Racial Demographics, 2012<ref name=Census/>
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! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Race
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Atlanta(%)
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Pennsylvania (%)
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| White || 38.4  || 59.7
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| Black or African American || 54.0 || 30.5
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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 0.2 || 0.3
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| Asian || 3.1|| 3.2
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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || Z || 0.1
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| Two or More Races || 2.0 || 2.1
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| Hispanic or Latino || 5.2 || 8.8
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! colspan="3" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" |'' Presidential Voting Pattern<ref>[http://fultoncountyga.gov/elections-documents ''Fulton County Registration and Elections'', "Archived Election Results," accessed October 23, 2013]</ref>
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! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Year
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Democratic Vote (%)
! style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;" | Republican Vote (%)
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| 2012 || 34.4 || 64.1
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| 2008 || 32.1 || 67.1
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| 2004 || 39.9 || 59.3
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| 2000 || 39.8 || 57.8
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==Recent news==
==Recent news==

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Mary Palmer
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Education

Bachelor's

Jackson State University

Graduate

Georgia Tech

Personal
Religion
Christian: Baptist
Profession
IT worker
Contact

Personal website

Mary Palmer ran for the District 5 seat on the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education in a general election on November 5, 2013. She lost to Steven Lee in a runoff election on December 3, 2013.

Biography

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Palmer has a B.S. in Computer Science from Jackson State University and an Exec M.S. in Management of Technology from Georgia Tech. She has worked in IT for Coca-cola, IBM and Siemens. She has couched hundreds of students throught Play It Smart, is a founding member of Professional Parent Liaison & Parent Educator, a member of the State Board of Ed Parent Advisory Council, an officer in the Atlanta Council of PTAs, a chair of NPU Education and Transportation, an organizing member of Step Up for Public Schools and an School Board Rep for Mays Cluster and Community Parent Group. Palmer is also active member of Antioch Baptist Church and a mother of three.[1]

Elections

2013

See also: Atlanta Public Schools elections (2013)

Palmer ran for the District 5 seat against Charles Lawrence, Steven Lee and Raynard Johnson on November 5, 2013. She faced Steven Lee in a runoff election on December 3, 2013.

Results

Runoff election
Atlanta Public Schools, District 5 Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngSteven Lee 59.5% 1,925
     Nonpartisan Mary Palmer 40.5% 1,310
Total Votes 3,235
Source: Fulton County Board of Election, "Election Results," accessed October 30, 2017
General election
Atlanta Public Schools, District 5 General Election, 4-year term, 2013
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngSteven Lee 36.8% 3,125
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngMary Palmer 36.4% 3,085
     Nonpartisan Raynard Johnson 16% 1,361
     Nonpartisan Charles Lawrence 10.4% 879
     Nonpartisan Write-in 0.4% 31
Total Votes 8,481
Source: Fulton County Board of Election, "Election Results," accessed October 30, 2017

Funding

Palmer reported $20,585.57 in contributions and $11,784.11 in expenditures to the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission , which left her campaign with $8,801.46 on hand.[2]

Endorsements

Palmer received endorsements from The Network for Public Education and The American Federation of Teachers Union.[3][4]


Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Mary + Palmer + Atlanta + Public + Schools"

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Mary Palmer, "Qualifications, accessed October 25, 2013
  2. ↑ Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, "Palmer, Mary Louise" accessed December 26, 2013
  3. ↑ The Network of Public Education, "NPE endorses Cynthia Briscoe Brown and Mary Palmer for Atlanta School Board," accessed October 25, 2013
  4. ↑ Mary Palmer, accessed October 25, 2013 (dead link)
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