Walking the halls of South Gwinnett High School, Principal Rodney Jordan ran into an alum he had never met.
Administrators, teachers and other staff were also in the hallways, including near student bathrooms. The halls were calm. There were no signs of unruliness. Jayqunn Billingsley, a 2023 graduate, let Jordan know he liked what the principal was doing.
Jordan joined South Gwinnett in the summer and implemented changes at the school that were jarring to some staff, students and families, such as working in the halls and periodically checking bathrooms. Months later, leaders from other schools and some districts have visited the school to learn more about what South Gwinnett is doing to improve safety on their own campuses.
“There’s some things here that you may not see in other schools, but you see in our atmosphere and in our discipline that it’s been a success,” Jordan said.
Credit: Jason Getz