Cobb County School District

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…

Justice December 15, 2023

Civil and Voting Rights organizations celebrate judge’s ruling throwing out the Cobb school board map

In a news release distributed by the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, a group of civil rights and voting rights organization celebrated the decision…

Scales of Justice with the word justice over it.

Education December 14, 2023

Federal judge in redistricting lawsuit rules Cobb schools’ map must be redrawn

by Rebecca Gaunt United States District Judge Eleanor Ross of the Northern Court of Georgia ruled Thursday that the Cobb County School District school board map must be redrawn by…

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

Education December 11, 2023

Employees with ties to SPLC-designated extremist group found in Cobb schools district office

by Rebecca Gaunt A tip from a whistleblower triggered an investigation that uncovered three employees in the Cobb County School District main office with ties to Gary DeMar, designated by…

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 November 28, 2023

Parents want clarification on proposed changes to Cobb special education

by Rebecca Gaunt Reports of looming changes to special education in the Cobb County School District have circulated for months, but a lack of official communication from the district has…

Screenshot of Cobb school board member Randy Scamihorn pointing his finger

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…

Opinion October 28, 2023

Long after I graduated from Cobb Schools, the partisanship problem has only gotten worse

by Gabriel Sanchez I remember the first instance of experiencing the subtle attacks on our education. I was taking notes in my history class at Walton High School and perked…

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