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AIM magnet at CFIT highlights student achievements, experiential learning and rising enrollment

Barrow County Board of Education · June 4, 2025
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School leaders presented the Arts & Innovation Magnet (AIM) program’s model and results — 95% attendance, strong academic results, a waiting list near 300, and multiple student awards — and thanked staff and community partners; the board also noted an approved CFIT renovation that will create additional secure instructional spaces.

Alex Holman, principal of the AIM (Arts & Innovation Magnet) program at the Center for Innovative Teaching (CFIT), told the Barrow County Board of Education on June 3 that the AIM community is “thriving,” citing high attendance, low discipline referrals and academic performance that exceeds district averages.

Holman described the AIM model: a condensed, rotating schedule for roughly 292 sixth-through-eighth-grade students…

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