Douglas County School System adopts summer reading resolution, honors student champions

The Douglas County Board of Education adopted the 'Douglas County Loves Literacy' reading resolution during its May 18, 2026 board education meeting and honored student athletic teams and champions.

Assistant Superintendent Kasia Davis read the resolution text, saying the district “reaffirms its commitment to promoting summer reading for all students by ensuring access to high quality books, digital resources, and engaging literacy programs” and encouraging collaboration with parents, libraries, faith-based groups and local businesses. The resolution calls for the Douglas County community to “collectively read 3,000,000 throughout the summer” as a district challenge; the resolution text does not specify the units for that figure, and later during the meeting the chair referred to “reading 3,000,000 minutes.”

The board celebrated student achievements before and after the resolution presentation. A principal introduced Erin Johnson, a sophomore at Alexander High School, who won the Georgia High School Association balance-beam state title on April 24 at Buford Arena with a cited score of 9.6. Catherine Westbrook, principal of Chapel Hill Middle School, also introduced members of the Lady Wildcats track and field and boys track teams and noted multiple championships and individual honors.

The board announced the resolution’s adoption as part of the district’s literacy commitments and called on families and community partners to participate in summer reading efforts. The transcript records the resolution presentation and the chair’s adoption announcement but does not include a roll-call vote or numeric tally for the resolution in the provided excerpt.

The board recessed briefly after the recognitions and moved on to the business portion of the meeting.