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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Paying Tribute to a Lassiter Legend
Alfred Watkins is retiring after guiding the school's award-winning band program for 31 years.
Alfred Watkins has been synonymous with more than just the award-winning band programs he has guided at Lassiter High School for more than three decades. He's become synonymous with so much of the school's history. Watkins, who has been with Lassiter since 1982, announced in March he would be retiring at the end of the school year. Today's Lassiter graduation ceremonies at the KSU Convocation Center marks a symbolic, if not completely official, end to Watkins' tenure. The legacy he leaves behind is immense. Lassiter's marching band has been invited to the Tournament of Roses Parade four times, including in January. Lassiter also has won the Bands of America Grand National Championships twice, nine Bands of America regional titles and …
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Preparing for Safe and Sober Graduations
The Cobb Alcohol Taskforce has a message and celebration tips for parents.
From the Cobb Alcohol Taskforce: Many graduation ceremonies are planned for the end of May and with that comes parties and celebrations. This exciting time in a teen’s life can lead to increased underage drinking and accidents. According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation an average of 48 teens are killed and 5,202 are injured in car crashes during a typical Graduation or Spring Prom weekend. Cobb Alcohol Taskforce wants to remind parents to take the proper precautions for a safe graduation celebration. The Georgia Student Health Survey II of 2012, shows that 73% of 12th graders say it is easy to obtain alcohol and 54% use alcohol at a friend’s house. CobbAT wants to help keep our youth safe and sober during this …
Why Aren’t Our Kids Graduating?
More than 30 percent of Georgia high school students aren’t graduating in four years. What do you think is keeping these students from earning their diploma?
A diploma remained out of reach for more than 30 percent of Georgia students in the class of 2012. That’s according to numbers released this week by the Georgia Department of Education. It reported that across the state, 69.7 percent of students in the class of 2012 graduated within four years. Three area school districts were among those that surpassed the state average. Cobb County Schools saw an even 76 percent of its class of 2012 graduate on time. Paulding County Schools were just behind with 75.5 percent graduating, while Douglas County had 72.3 percent earning diplomas on schedule. Other districts in Georgia didn’t fare as well. Atlanta Public Schools had just over 51 percent of students graduate, according to the Atlanta Journal-…
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Cobb Graduations to Be Streamed Live
Lassiter High School's ceremony at the Kennesaw State University Convocation Center is one of them.
Graduations begin Thursday, and the Cobb County School District wants to make sure that family and friends who can't attend the ceremonies don't miss out. With the exception of McEachern in Powder Springs and Allatoona in Acworth, whose graduations will be held outdoors, most of the ceremonies will be streamed live. Lassiter High School's ceremony at the Kennesaw State University Convocation Center is one of them. View it here at 3:30 p.m. Thursday. Here's the schedule for the rest of the county.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Early Dismissals for Cobb Schools
Students will be released early at set times, depending on grade level, Wednesday and Thursday.
Students in the Cobb County School District will be released from classes earlier than usual on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, as the 2012-13 academic year concludes. The early dismissal schedules are as follows:
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Monday, May 20, 2013
NE Cobb Graduations This Week
The big days at Kell, Lassiter, Pope, Sprayberry, Walton and Wheeler high schools are almost here.
The following Northeast Cobb-area schools will be awarding diplomas and honoring their senior classes this week:
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Should This Church Get So Much Attention?
A church known for protesting at soldiers’ funerals held Saturday a demonstration to praise a tornado that caused devastation in a college town. Tell us if you think the church is deserving of its media attention or the efforts of counter-protesters.
Wherever this church goes, controversy and attention seem to follow. The Westboro Baptist Church has long been known for picketing the funerals of American soldiers as members believe those men and women died because of homosexuality “and other sins of America,” according to one of their latest press releases. One of the latest protests put on by members of the Topeka, Kansas-based church occurred Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on the University of Alabama campus. Church members were there, according to a report from The Tuscaloosa News, to proclaim that the April 27, 2011, tornado had been the wrath of God. “God in His infinite kindness, wisdom & mercy WARNED YOU! He sent His whirlwind to Tuscaloosa … killing 36 (including 3 students), …
Pam J
11:54 pm on Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Sunday, May 19, 2013
Library, Schools Join for Cobb Summer Reading Program
They have created incentive programs to encourage students to read during the summer break.
For the first time, the Cobb County School District is partnering with the Cobb County Public Library System to create a "unified" summer reading experience for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Not only have they developed suggested reading lists to represent both school and public library collections, they have created incentive programs to encourage students to read during the summer break. The last day of school in Cobb is Thursday, May 23. "Research consistently indicates that summer reading programs help boost student achievement and bridge the 'summer gap' of retention and learning focus," said Janell McClure, the library media education supervisor for the Cobb County School District. "We’re excited to partner with our …
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Friday, May 17, 2013
Cobb School Board Adopts FY 2014 Budget
The $856.3 million budget approved Thursday includes 5 furlough days and 182 teacher cuts through attrition.
The Cobb Board of Education on Thursday approved a fiscal year 2014 budget that includes five furlough days for teachers and staff, a reduction of 182 teaching positions through attrition, a half-year step increase for employees and taking $41 million from reserves to reach a balance. After the board voted down three other budget proposals -- including an amended version of the tentative budget with a full-year step increase for Cobb County School District employees -- it went back to something it could pass. The $856.3 million budget, which takes effect July 1, is similar to the package that the board tentatively approved on April 29 and closes a deficit of $86.4 million. But it took the board more than two hours of discussion Thursday to…
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Albert
1:52 pm on Thursday, May 23, 2013
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