Gwinnett Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks over the years

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Gwinnett Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks over the years

The Gwinnett School Board voted to end his contract in July.

Gwinnett County Public Schools Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks gives a state of the schools address at the Infinite Energy Center Gwinnett on Sept. 11, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

03/24/2021 —Suwanee, Georgia — Gwinnett County Public Schools Superintendent and CEO J. Alvin Wilbanks speaks with Burnette Elementary School parents and staff during a meeting in the school’s library in Suwanee, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

03/24/2021 —Suwanee, Georgia — Gwinnett County Public Schools Superintendent and CEO J. Alvin Wilbanks speaks with Burnette Elementary School parents and staff during a meeting in the school’s library in Suwanee, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

Gwinnett County School District Superintendant Alvin Wilbanks waits to make final remarks as hundreds of concerned parents showed up at Sycamore Elementary School in 2011. (KENT D. JOHNSON/staff)

03/24/2021 —Suwanee, Georgia — Gwinnett County Public Schools Superintendent and CEO J. Alvin Wilbanks speaks with Burnette Elementary School parents and staff during a meeting in the school’s library in Suwanee, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

J. Alvin Wilbanks, superintendent of the Gwinnett County Public Schools, in his office at the Gwinnett County Public Schools Instructional Support Center in Suwanee on March 20, 2008. (Kimberly Smith / AJC)

J. Alvin Wilbanks, Gwinnett County Public Schools superintendent, addresses an area meeting at Norcross High School on May 1, 2003. (JOEY IVANSCO/AJC staff)

03/24/2021 —Suwanee, Georgia —Burnette Elementary School principal Kim Reed speaks with Gwinnett County Public Schools CEO and Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks, left, after he hosted a meeting with parents and staff to find her replacement at the school in Suwanee, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

February 29, 2016 Suwanee - Gwinnett County Public Schools CEO/Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks speaks during an interview with the AJC. Wilbanks has been the superintendent in Gwinnett for for 20 years. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

Gwinnett County Public Schools Superintendent Alvin Wilbanks in 2006. (VINO WONG/AJC staff)

Gwinnett County Public Schools Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks prepares for a meeting at the Instructional Support Center in Suwanee on Oct. 21, 2010. (Hyosub Shin hshin@ajc.com)

210617-Suwanee-Gwinnett County Board of Education Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks, left, talks with Marshall Boutwell before a meeting of the board of education Thursday evening, June 17, 2021. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

03/24/2021 —Suwanee, Georgia — Gwinnett County Public Schools Superintendent and CEO J. Alvin Wilbanks speaks with Burnette Elementary School parents and staff during a meeting in the school’s library in Suwanee, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

03/24/2021 —Suwanee, Georgia — Gwinnett County Public Schools Superintendent and CEO J. Alvin Wilbanks speaks with Burnette Elementary School parents and staff during a meeting in the school’s library in Suwanee, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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Gwinnett County Public Schools Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks gives a state of the schools address at the Infinite Energy Center Gwinnett on Sept. 11, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

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