By Arielle Robinson Wednesday morning in Marietta Square the Cobb County SCLC, Cobb NAACP, local religious leaders and various community groups held a press conference where they denounced GOP efforts…
By Rebecca Gaunt Cobb County School Board Vice Chairman David Banks is still sending emails to parents that refer to COVID-19 as the “China virus,” despite community backlash from a…
By Rebecca Gaunt In another strained Cobb County Board of Education meeting Thursday, Superintendent Chris Ragsdale announced the district will no longer do contact tracing for COVID-19, except for undefined…
By Rebecca Gaunt Two Joseph Wheeler High School students joined a virtual panel Thursday, hosted jointly by the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs,…
By Rebecca Gaunt Cobb County School District maintained its accreditation but was given one year to make improvements by Cognia. One of the big takeaways from the accrediting firm’s report…
By Rebecca Gaunt The Cobb County School Board passed a resolution against antisemitism and racism 4-2 despite requests to postpone it until next month for review and discussion. Board member…
The Southern Poverty Law Center announced in a letter to the Cobb County School District that they intend to file a lawsuit against the district, and stated that the suit…
By Rebecca Gaunt Cobb County Board of Education Chairman Randy Scamihorn is being criticized by parents for phone conversations in which he states that kids are “pretty-well immune to [COVID],”…
By Rebecca Gaunt An item was conspicuously absent from the agenda for Cobb County Board of Education’s Thursday meeting – COVID-19. Despite soaring cases in the county, classes sent home…
By Rebecca Gaunt Cobb County School Board Vice-Chairman David Banks, who already made the news this week for emailing false COVID-19 information to the community, continued to disseminate misinformation via…