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DeKalb Schools: Parent, education advocate to run for school board seat

May 25, 2016 BROOKHAVEN Allyson Gevertz, co-founder of the Parent Councils United group gives remarks. DeKalb school superintendent Stephen Green, members of the DeKalb school board, students and supporters of the E-Splost gather during a press conference at Cross Keys High School to celebrate the measure's passage Wednesday, May 25, 2016. The school sales tax is expected to bring in an estimated $500 million, with plans to use the money to address overcrowded schools and renovations to several outdated schools. KENT D. JOHNSON/kdjohnson@ajc.com
May 25, 2016 BROOKHAVEN Allyson Gevertz, co-founder of the Parent Councils United group gives remarks. DeKalb school superintendent Stephen Green, members of the DeKalb school board, students and supporters of the E-Splost gather during a press conference at Cross Keys High School to celebrate the measure's passage Wednesday, May 25, 2016. The school sales tax is expected to bring in an estimated $500 million, with plans to use the money to address overcrowded schools and renovations to several outdated schools. KENT D. JOHNSON/kdjohnson@ajc.com
Marlon A. Walker
By Marlon A. Walker
Jan 24, 2018

A long-time local education advocate has decided she’s running for DeKalb County’s school board.

Allyson Gevertz, a founder of Parent Councils United, said she would like to see stronger relationships between education leaders, government officials and the business community. She intends to run for the District 4 seat currently occupied by James McMahan.

The announcement came in a mid-morning note Tuesday, a simple press release with no quotes. It mentioned that Gevertz began community advocacy work in DeKalb County after working as a school psychologist for Gwinnett County Schools. She’s worked with various parent groups in the district, and helped form Parent Councils United, described as a grassroots advocacy group focused on educational excellence for all the county’s children, in 2013.