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Meria Carstarphen's Atlanta Public Schools super selfies

City's top educator has created fun social media presence for system
Stacey Abbott, principal of Garden Hills Elementary School, and Meria Carstarphen, Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent, take a selfie while eating breakfast with students.

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Stacey Abbott, principal of Garden Hills Elementary School, and Meria Carstarphen, Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent, take a selfie while eating breakfast with students.
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Aug 5, 2016

Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Meria Carstarphen, who's personally taken on the role of boosting the school district's image, is quite fond of taking selfies and posting them on Twitter. Her photos have included Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal. Here are some selfies she took during Atlanta's first week of the 2016-17 school year.

-- Story design by Mandi Albright, AJC

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Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He is the newsroom's education editor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.

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