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This past weekend, we hosted a Food Truck Pop up for our members at the Baltimore City Schools District Offices as a way to say thank you and be in community! Thank you to all that attended!

Our Mission: Advocating, Empowering, and Elevating Educational Leadership for a Thriving Learning Community.
AFSA has embarked on an official collaboration with the largest network of school leaders in Italy, Senza Zaino.

Every National Principals Month, AFSA expresses its gratitude by highlighting outstanding school leaders.

“Who are you?” a 4-year-old boy asked Sedrick Smith when he and his little classmates entered the principal’s office on a recent pre-K tour of Fallstaff Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore. 

In addition to being principal at Fallstaff, Dr. Smith is an adjunct professor of education at Loyola University Maryland and a writer who has been published in The Baltimore Sun, the Chicago Tribune and various scholarly journals. 

The number of public school book bans across the country increased by 33% in the 2022–23 school year compared with the 2021–22 school year.
Nearly 1 in 3 teen girls seriously considered attempting suicide—up nearly 60% from a decade ago.
Justin tries to practice “clear and concise leadership layered with compassion.”