The Gwinnett County Board of Education will hold its monthly business meeting at 7 tonight at the system's Instructional Support Center in Suwanee.

Gwinnett administrators will share preliminary test results from the Gateway exam, the district's standardized curriculum test, at the meeting at 437 Old Peachtree Road N.W.

Some elementary and middle school students who failed the exam will be referred to attend summer school for a retest. Others who meet certain criteria could have their scores waived because they experienced problems such as sickness or the death of a loved one during the exam that may have impacted their test scores.

The school board will review recommendations for waivers in executive session before its work session, which has been set for 4 p.m., but could run later.

Also, later at the business meeting, the school board will hear a report about a new charter school that submitted an application in April and consider a charter amendment for an existing charter school.

For more information on the school board's agenda, visit www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us.

Six earn master teacher title

Six teachers from Gwinnett County Public Schools were honored for their role in student achievement.

The educators earned certification as master teachers through a statewide program run by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission that recognizes outstanding performance and leadership in classrooms. Master teachers become part of a pool of experts eligible to serve as academic coaches who mentor colleagues.

This year's Gwinnett master teachers are: Duluth Middle School teachers Sonjyia Faye Bryant, who teaches seventh-grade science, and Kim Michelle White, who teaches seventh-grade gifted language arts; Creekland Middle School teachers Denise Trosky Buckelew, who teaches eighth-grade gifted language arts, and William B. Lewis, who teaches eighth-grade gifted social studies; Parsons Elementary School teacher Tamara Nicole Candis, who teaches third grade; and Alton C. Crews Middle School teacher Melinda Nicholson Lewis, who teaches eighth-grade social studies and language arts.