Meria Carstarphen

Dr. Meria Carstarphen has been named the new superintendent of Atlantic Public Schools. Carstarphen most recently served as district superintendent of the Austin Independent School District in Austin, Texas, prior to which she was superintendent of Saint Paul Public Schools. Carstarphen also worked with public school systems in the District of Columbia, Tennessee and Ohio, and has taught at the middle school and elementary levels. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science and Spanish from Tulane University, as well as a master’s degree in education from both Auburn University and Harvard University. Carstarphen earned her doctorate in administration, planning and social policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, with a concentration in urban superintendency.