{"id":252668,"date":"2026-05-09T21:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T01:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=252668"},"modified":"2026-05-09T21:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T01:49:18","slug":"meet-the-new-principal-of-cogburn-woods-elementary-school-patrick-wright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=252668","title":{"rendered":"Meet the new principal of Cogburn Woods Elementary School Patrick Wright"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Patrick Wright is the new principal of Cogburn Woods Elementary School in the Fulton County School System.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement came May 7, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-career-built-in-the-classroom\">A Career Built in the Classroom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Wright began his career teaching fourth grade in Phenix City, Alabama before coming to Georgia and joining the Fulton County School System, where he taught first and third grades at Lake Windward Elementary School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He went on to spend nine years as a Curriculum Support Teacher and Assistant Principal at Manning Oaks Elementary School. Most recently, he served as the sixth grade Assistant Principal at Ridgeview Charter Middle School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-looking-ahead-at-cogburn-woods\">Looking Ahead at Cogburn Woods<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Throughout my career, I have believed strong schools are built through relationships, high expectations, and a shared commitment to children&#8217;s success,&#8221; Wright said. &#8220;I value creating a culture where students feel known and supported, teachers feel empowered, and families feel welcomed as true partners in the life of the school.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Wright is the new principal of Cogburn Woods Elementary School in the Fulton County School System. The announcement came May 7, 2026. A Career Built in the Classroom Wright began his career teaching fourth grade in Phenix City, Alabama before coming to Georgia and joining the Fulton County School System, where he taught first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":252764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11783],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=252668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=252668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=252668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=252668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}