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Cobb teacher investigation grows to 200 after speech walkout
Nearly 200 Cobb County teachers face a district personnel investigation after walking out of Superintendent Chris Ragsdale's July 29 kickoff speech, with the teachers union calling the questioning retaliatory.
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Cobb schools name three sites in probe over Ragsdale walkout
Cobb County School District employees at three schools are being pulled from duties and questioned about whether they walked out of Superintendent Chris Ragsdale's July 29 kickoff speech, in what the district calls a personnel investigation.
Marietta, GA
6:54 pm, August 28, 2026
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Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
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Education
Cobb teacher investigation grows to 200 after speech walkout
Nearly 200 Cobb County teachers face a district personnel investigation after walking out of Superintendent Chris Ragsdale's July 29 kickoff speech, with the teachers union calling the questioning retaliatory.
Education
Cobb schools name three sites in probe over Ragsdale walkout
Cobb County School District employees at three schools are being pulled from duties and questioned about whether they walked out of Superintendent Chris Ragsdale's July 29 kickoff speech, in what the district calls a personnel investigation.
Marietta, GA
6:54 pm, August 28, 2026
87°F
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Feels like 92° · 34% rain
Education
Cobb teacher investigation grows to 200 after speech walkout
Nearly 200 Cobb County teachers face a district personnel investigation after walking out of Superintendent Chris Ragsdale's July 29 kickoff speech, with the teachers union calling the questioning retaliatory.
Education
Cobb schools name three sites in probe over Ragsdale walkout
Cobb County School District employees at three schools are being pulled from duties and questioned about whether they walked out of Superintendent Chris Ragsdale's July 29 kickoff speech, in what the district calls a personnel investigation.
Marietta, GA
6:54 pm, August 28, 2026
87°F
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Feels like 92° · 34% rain
Education
Cobb schools face enrollment decline overall, but growth persists near Wheeler High
The Cobb County School District projects enrollment will fall from 102,699 to about 97,191 students over the next decade, but schools in the Wheeler High zone in East Cobb face the opposite problem as apartment-driven growth keeps them over capacity.
Education
Walton, Lassiter crack Georgia's top 12 as Wheeler earns national STEM recognition
Walton High School ranked No. 11 and Lassiter No. 12 in Georgia in U.S. News & World Report's 2026-27 Best High Schools rankings, while Wheeler earned a No. 46 national STEM ranking.
Education
Cobb's K9 gap: high schools have them, Campbell Middle didn't
After a gun was found at Campbell Middle School on Aug. 12, parents are pressing the Cobb County School District to explain why its Vapor Wake K9 teams patrol every high school but are not deployed at any middle school.
Education
Cobb's new bus-tracking app still isn't fixed, two weeks into school
Cobb County school bus delays and Edulog app failures have persisted for two full weeks, with one parent reporting her magnet student was late to class 10 consecutive days; the district has offered no fix timeline and the school board meets Thursday, Aug. 20.
Education
Three East Cobb schools named National PTA Schools of Excellence
Mountain View Elementary, Dodgen Middle and Keheley Elementary earned National PTA Schools of Excellence status for 2025-2027, making up three of only five Georgia schools on the national list of 321 honorees.
Education
Whitefield Academy opens $40M Learning Commons for first day of classes
Whitefield Academy in Smyrna opened its $40.2 million, 62,000-square-foot Learning Commons on Thursday, Aug. 13, giving students access to a new dining hall, library, innovation center, prayer room and student-run cafe funded by more than 400 community donors over five years.
Education
Cobb middle schooler taken into custody after weapon found at school
A student at Campbell Middle School in Smyrna was taken into custody on Aug. 12 after a Cobb County School District police officer recovered a weapon from the student, testing the district's $35 million safety system just over a week into the new school year.
Education
Three finalists vie for Cobb Teacher of the Year, winner named by month's end
Cobb County named Kylie Hardy, Ebony Collier and Lisa Peacock as its 2026 level Teachers of the Year; the district-wide winner will be announced by the end of August and will compete for Georgia's top teaching honor.
Education
East Cobb schools lead district's strong Milestones math, history scores
Walton High School earned the top math score and Lassiter High School led in U.S. History among all Cobb County high schools on the 2025-26 Georgia Milestones, released Aug. 6, as the district outperformed every metro Atlanta system.
Education
Cobb teachers spend day at credit union to bring career skills to class
Cobb County teachers shadowed professionals in five departments at Credit Union of Georgia on July 28 as part of CCSD's Career Education Teacher Externship Program, returning to classrooms with industry insights just days before the 2026-2027 school year opened.
Education
Cobb's new bus-tracking app fails parents during first week of school
Cobb County's new Edulog bus-tracking app experienced outages on the first days of the 2026-27 school year, with one parent reporting a 14-minute-late bus while the tracker was down and another documenting a 90-minute delay; the district acknowledged the problems but gave no fix timeline.
Education
Cobb schools, county mediation fails over $13M tax collection fees
A court-ordered mediation between Cobb County and the Cobb County School District over $13 million in annual tax-collection fees collapsed July 31, sending the dispute toward trial and putting pressure on a district budget that funds East Cobb schools including Walton, Pope, Lassiter and Wheeler.
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