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A group of students at a press conference, a young woman at the microphone

Cobb County August 26, 2024

DOJ, 14 states weigh in on discrimination lawsuit against Cobb County School District

Photo by Rebecca Gaunt: Katie Rinderle (back, far right) joined Maariya Sheikh and other members of the Georgia Youth Justice Coalition at their June press conference to announce they were…

Cobb graduate Maariya Sheikh speaks in front of Cobb County school headquarters

Justice June 14, 2024

Students join discrimination lawsuit against Cobb County School District

Cobb graduate Maariya Sheikh at press conference — Photo by Rebecca Gaunt By Rebecca Gaunt Cobb County students, alums, and members of the Georgia Youth Justice Coalition held a press…

Image from school district's budget presentation

Education April 18, 2024

Cobb County School District proposes $1.85 billion budget with staff raises

by Rebecca Gaunt The Cobb County Board of Education heard the proposed FY 2025 $1.85 billion budget presentation at Thursday’s work session, hours before the first public hearing to allow…

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…

Education December 1, 2023

Group accuses Cobb County School District of retaliation against critics

By Rebecca Gaunt A press conference was held Thursday by the Cobb Community Care Coalition that leveled charges of retaliation by Cobb County School District against critics of the district…

Education September 14, 2023

Fired teacher Katie Rinderle appealing Cobb County School District’s decision

By Rebecca Gaunt Katie Rinderle, the Due West Elementary School teacher whose firing ignited a firestorm over books in Cobb County schools is appealing her August termination. Last March, Rinderle…

Education September 6, 2023

CCAE president calls Cobb County School District’s reading bowl comments “dishonest”

By Rebecca Gaunt Comments from the Cobb County School District denying any knowledge of staff concerns related to the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl, published in the Marietta Daily Journal Tuesday,…

Education August 25, 2023

Cobb County School District denies reading bowl canceled; CCAE president confirms it’s off

By Rebecca Gaunt Students in Cobb County School District will likely miss out on the annual Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl this year due to recent events, including the firing of…

Education August 15, 2023

Tribunal disagrees with Cobb County School District’s decision to fire teacher

By Rebecca Gaunt A tribunal of retired educators, appointed by the Cobb County School District, denied Superintendent Chris Ragsdale’s recommendation to terminate teacher Katie Rinderle for reading the book “My…

Education July 25, 2023

Cobb County School District not liable in redistricting lawsuit

By Rebecca Gaunt A lawsuit, filed in June 2022, alleging the Cobb County School District’s new maps are racially gerrymandered is moving forward against the Cobb Board of Elections, but…

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Cobb County September 14, 2024

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