J alvin wilbanks biography template
J alvin wilbanks biography template
Leaders & Legends: J. Alvin Wilbanks - Gwinnett Magazine!
A Lasting Legacy! How J. Alvin Wilbanks Transformed GCPS
He made his way through the education hierarchy – from a Tucker High School industrial arts teacher in 1964 to assistant principal starting in 1971, to principal the following year, to the Georgia Department of Education in 1981.
When the GCPS superintendent at the time, Dr. Sidney Faucette, was about to be released from his duties, the call went out to Wilbanks, who was assistant superintendent, Human Resources and Continuous Improvement, at the time.
“I was going into the kitchen where we had a wall phone and as I passed it, it rang.
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It was Mrs. (Louise) Radloff, (chairwoman of the Gwinnett County Board of Education.) And, she told me to ‘Get down here – now!’”
Casually dressed in a red flannel shirt, Wilbanks said he was not properly attired to appear before the school board, but Radloff insisted.
“Come on down,” she said, according to Wilbanks.
“We don’t have time. Come on down now.”
So, he did. Wilbanks was appointed