Seven Atlanta Public Schools have earned 21st Community Center Learning Center grants. The schools, Woodson, Cook, Dunbar and Dobbs elementary, Bunche and Sylvan middle and Burgess-Peterson Academy, are eligible to receive up to $350,000 during 2011-12. The program provides federal funds to establish or expand community learning centers to provide after-school academic help to students and families.

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Inventor Lonnie Johnson stands with his Super Soaker water guns at JTEC Energy on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, in Atlanta. Johnson, a former NASA engineer, is currently working on a new energy technology through his company’s JTEC device that turns thermal heat into usable energy. (Natrice Miller/AJC)