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Leroy Tre' Hutchins at school board meeting

Education March 22, 2024

Cobb school board discord over use of ‘equitable’ in fiscal policy

by Rebecca Gaunt Thursday’s Cobb County school board work session got heated over the removal of the word “equitable” from a board policy on fiscal management and allocation of resources….

Education March 20, 2024

‘Blatant misconduct’: Parents want accountability for Cobb schools staff

PHOTO: CCSD staffer Daniel Vehar manned the public signup table after staff coordinated to block district critics (photo by Rebecca Gaunt). by Rebecca Gaunt Who is holding the people in…

Justice February 14, 2024

Lawsuit accuses Cobb County School District of violating teachers’ Constitutional rights

by Rebecca Gaunt The Georgia Association of Educators (GAE) joined a fired elementary school teacher and a currently-employed special education teacher in filing a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the Cobb…

Screenshot of Cobb school board member Randy Scamihorn pointing his finger

Education January 23, 2024

‘Just the Facts’: Cobb school board members, community differ on what that means

by Rebecca Gaunt In a message disseminated county-wide last week via CTLS, the district’s communication system, Cobb County school board Chair Randy Scamihorn, a Republican, announced he will be penning…

Education January 3, 2024

Cobb school board approves bonuses and new chair, vice chair

By Rebecca Gaunt The Cobb County Board of Education approved the use of general funds to extend the one-time $1,000 governor’s bonus to all half-time or full-time non-temporary district employees…

A wall hand sanitizer with an "out of order" sign

Education November 16, 2023

Iggy bankruptcy puts scrutiny back on Cobb schools procurement process

Photo provided by Watching the Funds by Rebecca Gaunt The company that provided the much derided Iggy hand rinsing stations filed for bankruptcy Monday, which has once again drawn scrutiny…

Education November 12, 2023

Secrecy dominated Cobb school board redistricting process, court documents show

Screenshot: School board member Randy Scamihorn By Rebecca Gaunt Court documents show that Cobb County school board member Randy Scamihorn met with former Republican state representative Earl Ehrhart to discuss…

Screenshot of Gretchen Walton, an assistant superintendent in the Cobb County School District, speaking on the district's legislative priorities

Education November 10, 2023

Book ratings and GNETS funding top Cobb superintendent’s legislative priorities

By Rebecca Gaunt Cobb County schools Superintendent Chris Ragsdale shared his priorities for the 2024 legislative session at Thursday’s work session. One of the big ones is a request for…

Jennifer Susko seated at a table wearing a "Teach Black History" t-shirt

Education November 2, 2023

Former Cobb school district employee calls subpoena ‘retaliation’ for criticism of district

Jennifer Susko (photo by Rebecca Gaunt) by Rebecca Gaunt Jennifer Susko routinely takes the Cobb County School District and Superintendent Chris Ragsdale to task online and during public comment at…

education icon with silhouette of teach in front of class, holding a baton to a board.

Education October 23, 2023

‘Bonkers’ email sent out by Cobb Schools receiving backlash

by Rebecca Gaunt A missive penned by the Atlanta-based law firm Freeman Mathis & Gary on behalf of the Cobb County School District and sent out to every family in…

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Immigration May 8, 2024

Trump promises to deport all undocumented immigrants, resurrecting a 1950s strategy − but it didn’t work then and is less likely to do so now

by Katrina Burgess, Tufts University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] While campaigning in Iowa last September, former President Donald Trump made a promise to voters…

Climate May 8, 2024

As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’

by Franco Montalto, Drexel University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] “When it rains, it pours” once was a metaphor for bad things happening in clusters….

Justice May 8, 2024

Voting in unconstitutional districts: US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first

by Sam D. Hayes, Trinity College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional…

Politics May 8, 2024

How to tell if a conspiracy theory is probably false

by H. Colleen Sinclair, Louisiana State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Conspiracy theories are everywhere, and they can involve just about anything. People believe…

Elections May 8, 2024

Transit and district map confusion taken up at Cobb Commission District 2 forum

By Caleb Groves From the jump, candidates for Cobb’s District 2 Commissioner voiced their opinions on redistricting and pressing issues across the county on Monday May 6, 2024. Right out…

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