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Marietta City Schools leaders approve $7 million effort centered around reading

Marietta City Schools continues its effort to improve literacy skills by hiring full-time reading specialists. Marietta City Schools (MCS) prioritizes student literacy by hiring reading specialists for all 1-5th grade classrooms for the next school year. The school board approved the $7 million dollar investment at their meeting on January 26th.  According to a press […]

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Nineteen Cobb, Gwinnett, and Marietta Schools reach Title I reward school status.

The Reward Schools designation acknowledges Title I schools that have made the most significant improvements. These schools are in the 5% of most improved Title I schools statewide. 11 Cobb County schools, 6 Gwinnett Schools, and two Marietta City schools have been named Title 1 reward Schools by the Georgia Department of Education (GDOE). The […]

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Cobb County Schools and Marietta City Schools pass projects totaling over $960 million

Last week, Cobb County and Marietta City school board members approved resolutions that called for a special election to renew the education special purpose local option sales tax. In the upcoming election on November 2, Cobb County and Marietta City voters will decide whether they want to continue utilizing sales taxes to help cover school […]

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LG Digital Displays aids Marietta High School in preparing students for success in their careers

Marietta High School recently joined Georgia’s career preparatory education initiative, which gives students course options and tools that extend far beyond the typical public education. The program has various career pathways that students can take, such as nursing and medicine, construction trades, digital media production, sciences, architecture, engineering, and game design Marietta High School, a Georgia […]

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While Others Districts Close Early, Cobb, Marietta, Fulton, and Atlanta Public Schools Opt to Stay Open

While other districts have opted to end school early, four metro Area school districts (Atlanta Public Schools, Fulton County Schools, Marietta City Schools, and Cobb County) have opted to keep school going to the end of the school as previously scheduled. While Governor Kemp’s announcement that Georgia schools will remain closed through the end of […]