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Parent Mentors speak at FOCUS event


Three woman staning together for a photo. The woman on the left is a black woman with glasses and tight long braided hair. The woman in the middle is a white woman with glasses and dark blonde hair and the woman on the right is a white woman with light blond hair pulled back from her face

Meet Anne Ladd from the Georgia Department of Education

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Meet Lisa Lake in DeKalb County

White woman with blond shoulder length hair wearing a red top

Meet Lauren Graves in Marietta City

Lauren Graves, Lisa Lake and I presented at the 2025 FOCUS Education Conference. While the event was held in Dekalb County, there were families from all over the state. Don’t be surprised if you hear from a parent who learned about parent mentors this weekend. Our presentation was real but upbeat and we focused on dispute prevention.

This was Lisa Lake’s second panel of the week. Last Wednesday, she joined Sitara Nayak form Parent to Parent of Georgia, one of our family engagement state partners, in a panel discussion at the Superintendent’s Parent Advisory Council.

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