Superintendent Wilbanks bids farewell after 25 years

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Superintendent Wilbanks bids farewell after 25 years

J. Alvin Wilbanks shakes hands with Dr. Tereka Williams at an informal send-off for Gwinnett County Schools superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center in Suwanee, Georgia, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Gwinnett County Schools superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks takes a selfie with Gwinnett County educators at an informal send-off for Gwinnett County Schools superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center in Suwanee, Georgia, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Gwinnett County Schools superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks poses for a photo at an informal send-off for Gwinnett County Schools superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center in Suwanee, Georgia, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Sheila Manley speaks to J. Alvin Wilbanks at an informal send-off for Gwinnett County Schools superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center in Suwanee, Georgia, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Mike Phillips speaks to J. Alvin Wilbanks at an informal send-off for Gwinnett County Schools superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center in Suwanee, Georgia, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Baseball cards featuring J. Alvin Wilbanks are seen on a table at an informal send-off for Gwinnett County Schools superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center in Suwanee, Georgia, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

A Gwinnett County Public School employee writes a note while holding a popsicle at an informal send-off for Gwinnett County Schools superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center in Suwanee, Georgia, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Lashawn Nave speaks to J. Alvin Wilbanks at an informal send-off for Gwinnett County Schools superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center in Suwanee, Georgia, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

J. Alvin Wilbanks speaks to a Gwinnett County Public School employee at an informal send-off for Gwinnett County Schools superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center in Suwanee, Georgia, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Gwinnett County Public School employees socialize at an informal send-off for Gwinnett County Schools superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center in Suwanee, Georgia, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Mike Phillips shakes hands with J. Alvin Wilbanks at an informal send-off for Gwinnett County Schools superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center in Suwanee, Georgia, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

People stand in line to speak to and take a photo with J. Alvin Wilbanks at an informal send-off for Gwinnett County Schools superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center in Suwanee, Georgia, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Keena Ryals-Jenkins, a curriculum and instructional support administrator for Gwinnett County Pulibc Schools, shakes hands with J. Alvin Wilbanks at an informal send-off for Gwinnett County Schools superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center in Suwanee, Georgia, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Gwinnett County Schools superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks speaks to Gwinnett County educators at an informal send-off for Gwinnett County Schools superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center in Suwanee, Georgia, on July 28, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

The J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center in Suwanee, Georgia, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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J. Alvin Wilbanks shakes hands with Dr. Tereka Williams at an informal send-off for Gwinnett County Schools superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center in Suwanee, Georgia, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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