Once again, a Cobb School staff member is being recognized at the state level for her work helping Cobb students excel. The Georgia Art Education Association (GAEA) named Laura LaQuaglia the Administration/Supervision Art Educator of the Year. LaQuaglia, who serves…
Those who drive by Rocky Mount Elementary see Alice Medlin every day, sometimes twice a day. They may even spot her out front of Simpson Middle School or near Lassiter High School. Parents wave. Students smile at…
How does a billion-dollar organization, like Cobb Schools, provide financial training to employees? That is exactly what members of the Cobb Schools Financial Department explained recently at the Association of School Business Officials International conference in National…
Visitors who attend a Cobb County School District board meeting may not know of the decades of service Cobb Schools Police Officer Phil Bradford dedicated to his country. Teachers and principals in schools across the district may not know that…
More than six decades have passed since Myra Petty welcomed her first classroom of students in the Cobb County School District. Ms. Petty, who is just two years shy of turning 100 years old, taught…
If they did not already know how much their students love them and how much the community appreciates what they do every day, Cobb’s Teachers of the Year certainly knew it when they walked into the…
A recent study by Niche.com confirmed what Cobb parents and students already know. The Cobb County School District includes some of the best public school teachers in the Atlanta area. In fact, Dickerson Middle School teachers claim the #1 title for best middle school teachers in the metro area and…
When Angee Scott climbed behind the wheel of a big yellow school bus for the first time, it was a bus driver’s flexible schedule and health benefits that wooed her. She soon discovered, however, what keeps some bus drivers on the…
Kindergarten students often rush up to the police officers they see just to say, “hi” or even “thank you.” Many want to dress as police officers and look to them as role models. That’s a…
Safety is the number one priority in the Cobb County School District, and in October we stop and pay tribute to our team of 65 dedicated police officers who are committed to keeping every student,…