Kell Shouts Success from the Rooftop

1. The weather will be a little cooler, a little breezier and a little cloudier today than Monday, according to the National Weather Service. It will be mostly sunny with a high about 90 and a breeze in the afternoon that gusts to 15 mph. Overnight, the low will be around 70. The humidity remains low and the ground dry, so even though there’s not an official fire-threat warning, don’t flick cigarette butts into the brush.

2. The has called a special meeting for Wednesday at 2 p.m. to hold a public hearing on the proposed fiscal 2012 budget, which goes into effect Oct. 1. Make your arrangements today to take time off to attend the meeting Wednesday; if you can’t make it, Northeast Cobb Patch will have live coverage.

3. Kell Principal Trudie Donovan and mascot Corky the Longhorn (teacher Gary Hicks) took to the roof of the high school Aug. 22 to celebrate academic successes: making Adequate Yearly Progress and beating the Cobb County School District’s 22.4 composite average on the ACT with a 22.9. Check out the photos at the school system’s website.

4. Coming off a road sweep of and on Thursday, volleyball team plays host to at 6:30 p.m. today, while the Yellow Jacket softball team is home against at 5:30. volleyball team travels to to play the host and Wheeler, starting at 5 p.m. volleyball team heads to to play the Mustangs at 5:15 and South Cobb at 6:15.

5. It’s open-house time at the public high schools. Kell invites parents at 6:30 p.m. today to visit the school and meet their children’s teachers. Pope’s open house also is at 6:30 today. Lassiter and Sprayberry have their open houses Thursday at 6:30.