District 4 Atlanta School Board Candidate Mark Riley Hosts Informational Meeting

On Wednesday, October 28^th, 2009, Atlanta School Board District 4 Candidate, Mark Riley, will host an informational meeting from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. at the Atlanta Speech School Auditorium.

Riley, an eight-year at-large member on the board, brings a great deal of professional and personal experience, as well as commitment, to the school board.  As the founder and managing partner of Urban Realty Partners, Riley contributes business and legal expertise, and serves as a member of the Board’s Budget Commission.  He is an advocate of the International Baccalaureate, or IB, program for all District 4 schools, and has worked diligently to support and help retain Atlanta Public Schools’ Superintendent Beverly Hall, who was recently named 2009 National Superintendent of the Year.  Riley, a Northside parent himself, served as a key player in helping to increase the graduation rate in the district from below 50% to its current rate, which is around 75%. Mark Riley clearly demonstrates true dedication to the students, their families, and the communities within District 4 and beyond.

In addition to these many impressive contributions to the Northside community, Riley is the Director of the Sartain Lanier Family Foundation, serves on the Advisory Board for Leadership Atlanta and Regional Leadership Institute, and is an active member of the Buckhead Church,  Riley’s children, Rob and John, attend North Atlanta High School and Westminster, respectively.  His wife, Becky, serves as the Chairman of Board at Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts.

District 4 is comprised of five Atlanta Public School’s elementary schools – E. Rivers, Garden Hills, Jackson, Morris Brandon, and Sarah Smith, as well as Sutton Middle School, and North Atlanta High School.

For more information about Riley, visit his website http://bit.ly/3Cajri or his Facebook page http://bit.ly/4×7BJp.

About the author: Cheri Riley is the Founding Partner of the Cheri Riley Group at Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty. She has overseen almost two billion dollars in residential real estate sales either directly or under her management. Her passion is uniting extraordinary properties with extraordinary people.