Education

Education March 3, 2020

Cobb Board of Education announces plan for new Cobb Horizon High School location

According to a press release from the Cobb County School District, the school board will consider a plan to purchase property near the intersection of Cobb Parkway and Terrell Mill Road…

photo of Cobb Superior Court building from the front with a blue sky with clouds in the background

Education February 27, 2020

Cobb school board candidate prepared to go to court over bullying

Attorney Robert Madayag is prepared to take the Cobb County School District to court if they don’t make changes to the bullying policy. Madayag says CCSD doesn’t use the correct…

Charles Sprayberry in article about Mableton Elementary School

Education, Uncategorized February 19, 2020

Cobb school district opposes two residential developments citing strain on Mableton Elementary

At the February zoning hearing of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners, Charles Sprayberry, the Director of Planning and Logistics for the Cobb County School District (CCSD) raised objections to…

Doris Billups-McClure holding microphone

Education February 7, 2020

Dr. Doris Billups-McClure retiring after 31 years as principal of the Riverside schools

Monica DeLancy submitted the following guest article: Dr. Doris Billups-McClure announced her retirement to the Riverside Primary School at the February 6th School Council meeting. Dr. Billups shared with parents…

Cobb County Board of Education Chairman David Chastain (screenshot from the video proceedings of the board)

Education October 3, 2019

Updated: Racism cited as factor in Cobb BOE’s decision to stifle board comments

[Update: The Cobb County School District responded to our inquiries for this article after the article was submitted, but before it was published. As editor I should have caught that…

Performing Arts Center at South Cobb High School (photo courtesy of CDH Partners, Inc.)

Education October 2, 2019

Architectural firm wins national award for performing arts center at South Cobb High

The architectural firm CDH Partners, Inc. announced in a press release that it received an Outstanding Award for excellence in educational facility design in the fall 2019 edition of Learning by Design, a magazine…

Guest speakers at MIC education forum. (Left to Right) Dr. Teresa Hargett, Principal- Floyd Middle School; Dr. Denise Magee, Principal-Lindley Sixth Grade Academy; Dr. Dana Giles, Principal-Pebblebrook High school; Dr. T.J. Perry, Principal- South Cobb Highschool. (Photo by Haneefa J. Walton/September 24, 2019.)

Education September 25, 2019

MIC Holds Education Forum

School principals, parents and community members came together for the Mableton Improvement Coalition’s Education Forum on Tuesday. The focus of the meeting was to develop a partnership with parents and…

Harmony Leland Elementary School in article about raises for the Board of Education

Education September 23, 2019

Morgan proposes raises for Cobb Board of Education

School board member David Morgan brought up what he called the “awkward” subject of raises for the Board of Education at Thursday’s work session. “It is my hope that we…

Left: deteriorating steps on Eastvalley Elementary School trailer, Right: exterior shot of trailer siding (photos by Ellen Sauve, used with permission)

Education September 20, 2019

Eastvalley Elementary parents upset about deteriorating trailers

Parents at Eastvalley Elementary School are not happy about the conditions of the 13 trailers that house 35% of the student body, and they addressed those concerns Thursday directly to…

Education August 29, 2019

Cobb Students Talk Drugs, Mental Health and Inequity to Superintendents

A panel of Cobb students shared their struggles with mental health, drugs and inequity in school to an audience of parents, teachers and superintendents at the Cobb NAACP Annual Education…

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