The Fulton County school board has named Kenneth Zeff as the school system’s interim superintendent beginning June 2.
The announcement at the board's Thursday night meeting comes after current Superintendent Robert Avossa's selection last week as the new leader for the school district of Palm Beach County in Florida.
Zeff joined Fulton schools in 2012 as its chief strategy and innovation officer. In this role he provides direction for the development and execution of the system’s overall strategy to improve student achievement throughout the district.
Departments under the Division of Strategy and Innovation include School Governance and Flexibility, Start-up Charter Schools, Grant Development, Accountability, Research and Program Evaluation and the Fulton Education Foundation.
“Ken Zeff has the experience and expertise to help Fulton County schools build on our steady growth in student achievement,” said Linda McCain, school board president. “We have full confidence that he is ideally suited to implement the board’s vision to deepen the impact of our charter system model.”
Zeff holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.
Although he officially becomes interim superintendent on June 2, he will continue working closely with outgoing superintendent Avossa prior to his departure.
Fulton’s school system is the fourth-largest in Georgia, with close to 96,000 students.
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