Agenda Item
2. PERSONNEL RECOMMENDATION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION
Summary: Presented by: Ms. Allyson Gevertz, Board Chair
Request: It is requested that the DeKalb County Board of Education approve the hiring recommendation of Mr. Damian Bounds, to the position of Area Superintendent of High Schools, in the Office of the Superintendent, as discussed in the executive session.
DAMIAN
DB BOUNDS
E D U C A T I O N A L L E A D E R
CONTACT PROFILE
Experienced and results driven educational leader with over 20
years of experience and a successful track record of student
success. Committed to fostering academic excellence,
continuous improvement, and leadership development within
the educational sector.
SKILLS EXPERIENCE
INTERIM, AREA SUPERINTENDENT
• Instructional Leadership
DeKalb County School District | DeKalb County, GA | Oct 2025-
• Strategic Planning
Present
• Data Analysis
Provides executive level leadership and oversight for 22
• Effective Communication comprehensive high schools, ensuring strong instructional quality,
• Emotional Intelligence effective human capital management, and efficient operational
systems in support of the district’s strategic plan and student
• Collaboration and Team achievement goals. This role is responsible for driving continuous
improvement across schools by aligning curriculum and instruction,
Building
leadership development, talent management, and resource allocation
• Problem Solving to district priorities and accountability expectations.
EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR
EDUCATION DeKalb County School District | DeKalb County, GA | Nov 2023 – Oct
2025
E D U C ATIO N AL L E AD E R S H IP Provide strategic leadership and support to 11 secondary schools,
C E R TIF IC ATIO N driving instructional excellence and operational efficiency. Focuses on
Kennesaw State University coaching administrators, facilitating instructional learning walks, and
Kennesaw, GA ensuring data-driven decision-making to enhance student outcomes.
● Contributed to a 21% and 6% improvement in graduation rate at
MAS TE R O F S C IE N C E McNair High School and Clarkston High school respectively
through monitoring practices via Operation Graduation.
Urban Teacher Leadership
● Models and supports the introduction of district-wide systemic
Georgia State University operations (6 Essential Systems) for school administrator
Atlanta, GA
understanding and implementation.
● Collaborates with school and district level administrators for
B AC H E L O R O F S C IE N C E short-term and annual continuous school improvement planning.
● Develops and monitors progress towards school performance
Secondary Education
goals.
Edinboro University
● Provides instructional coaching and evaluation to ensure high-
Edinboro, PA
impact leadership practices.
DB
EXPERIENCE
PRINCIPAL
Elkins Point Middle School | Fulton County, GA | Jul 2019 – Oct 2023
Led a diverse learning community through instructional
transformation, student achievement growth, and a commitment to
equity. Spearheaded initiatives to improve school culture, academic
rigor, and faculty collaboration.
CONTACT
● Increased CCRPI School Climate Rating to a 5-star rating.
● Recognized as a distinguished Title 1 School (2020, 2021).
● Honored by GaDOE as a "Beating the Odds" school (2019-2021).
● Recognized by the GaDOE as Distinguished PBIS school (2023).
● Increased percentage of ESOL students improving at least one
scoring band on ACCESS Test.
● Successful implemented the AVID college & career readiness
program schoolwide to support students in grades 6-8.
DEVELOPMENT
PRINCIPAL
MCEL National Leadership Lakeside High School | DeKalb County, GA | Jul 2016 – Jul 2019
Institute Fellow Managed a large, urban high school, overseeing instructional
2024 programs, faculty development, and community partnerships.
Focused on improving graduation rates, student achievement, and
school climate.
VOLUNTEER ● Increased graduation rate from 77% (2016) to 82.3% (2018).
● Increased CCRPI score from 80.3 to 82.9.
BOARD MEMBER ● Class of 2019 earned $14M+ in scholarships, with 90%
pursuing post-secondary education.
North Fulton Community
Charities ● Honored as a "Beating the Odds" school (2017, 2018).
Roswell, GA ● Implemented school’s first-ever bilingual student mentoring
2020 - 2023 program.
● Led implementation of a teacher-facilitated professional
development program.
● Partnered with the Anti-Defamation League for school-wide
REFERENCES anti-bias training.
● Implemented the AVID college and career readiness
List of references upon
program to support students in grades 9-12.
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ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Centennial High School | Fulton County, GA | Jul 2013 – Jul 2016
Lindley Middle School | Cobb County, GA | Aug 2012 – Jul 2013
Floyd Middle School | Cobb County, GA | Jul 2010 – Jul 2012