Atlanta Public Schools district director of career, technical and agricultural education programs Michael Maze was found deceased in his home on Monday. After school board chairman Jason Esteves announced the death, the board held a moment of silence in memory.

Maze worked for the district for 21 years, beginning in 1997, and was named Administrator of the Year by the Georgia Association for Career and Technical Education in 2017. He was a business education teacher at Southside High School and North Atlanta High School and served as career and technical education department chairman at North Atlanta before being named the district director in 2012.