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Education October 7, 2021

Parents suing Cobb County School District for COVID-19 safety speak out

By Rebecca Gaunt Four parents of students with disabilities and health issues spoke with the Courier about why they are suing the Cobb County School District over its failure to…

Education October 6, 2021

Guest Opinion: Why I’m voting yes for the ED-SPLOST on November 2

[This is a guest opinion article by John Loud of Loud Security Systems, Inc., Chairman of the Cobb Chamber. His column appears monthly in the Cobb Business Journal published by…

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Letters to the Editor October 6, 2021

Letter to the Editor: Why I am voting NO on ED-SPLOST

[This is a Letter to the Editor by Melissa O’Brien] There’s a referendum on this November’s ballot to extend the Cobb Education SPLOST (Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. This…

Cobb County Public Library September 26, 2021

Cobb Libraries celebrates Banned Books Week

September 26 to October 2 is Banned Books Week, and the Cobb County Public Library is celebrating this week set aside to support intellectual freedom! They sent out the following…

Board members Charisse Davis and Tre’ Hutchins and state Rep. Mike Wilensky spoke with Holocaust survivor Herschel Greenblat before the meeting (photo by Rebecca Gaunt)

Education September 24, 2021

Demand presented to school district that Cobb schools act on antisemitism; Ragsdale says disciplinary action pending

By Rebecca Gaunt The Atlanta Initiative Against Antisemitism (AIAAS) delivered a petition demanding action to the Cobb County School Board Thursday after swastikas and “Hail (sic) Hitler” were written on…

Education September 20, 2021

Grassroots group to present petition to Cobb school board criticizing district’s response to antisemitic incidents in Cobb high schools

The Atlanta Initiative Against AntiSemitism (AIAAS) will present a petition at Thursday’s meeting of the Cobb County Board of Education calling for the board to condemn antisemitism after antisemitic graffiti…

Education September 18, 2021

Cobb school district ranks fifth in statewide SAT scores

The Cobb County School District ranked fifth place in statewide total mean SAT scores (the combined Evidence Based Reading and Writing Mean, and Math Mean) The rankings of the top…

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Education September 9, 2021

Cobb Schools data shows Black and disabled students more likely to be referred to law enforcement

By Rebecca Gaunt This story was produced as part of a collaboration with the Center for Public Integrity and USA TODAY. Just the threat of involving campus police was enough…

Health Care September 7, 2021

Cobb school board chairman under fire for COVID response

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],”…

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Health Care August 24, 2021

Census announces new data-gathering on impact of COVID-19 on public school students and staff

The U.S. Census Bureau announced in a press release that they began collecting data for the School Pulse Panel Survey, intended to measure the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on…

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