Record number of Atlanta students earn Posse scholarships

Twenty-three Atlanta Public School seniors have earned college scholarships worth an average of $100,000 each from The Posse Foundation, which pays for teams of students who have demonstrated leadership potential to attend prestigious colleges.

The scholarships provide full tuition over four years to schools including Syracuse University, Boston University, Texas A&M University, Brandeis University, Bard College and The College of Wooster.

Five of the scholarship winners come from the first graduating classes of Atlanta’s single-gender schools, Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy and B.E.S.T. Academy.