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22-622: The Paulding County school district is composed of thirty-five schools as of 2012–13: twenty-one elementary schools, nine middle schools, and five high schools. After the 2011–12 school year, P.B. Ritch Elementary closed and a new middle school with the same name opened near Hiram the following year. In 2017, the school district re-opened the old P.B. Ritch Elementary School facility as the Dianne Wright Innovation Center. The Dianne Wright Innovation Center houses offices for Student Assessment, Professional Learning, School Nutrition, and

44-401: A face mask but did not require it. A student at North Paulding High School took the now viral pictures, and was initially suspended. The suspension was later revoked. 3 staff and 6 students later tested positive. Cobb County School District Minority Enrollment 70% 34% White 30% Black 24% Latino/Hispanic 5.8% Asian 4.8% 2 or more ethnicities The Cobb County School District (CCSD)

66-515: A field goal with a minute left in the game, going down 24-21, and returning the subsequent kickoff to Milton's 28 yard line, only to throw a pick six on the very next play, and the game would end 31-21 in Milton's favor. In 2002, Cobb County School District voted to put stickers on textbooks with a message including the admonition cautioning students that "evolution is only a theory." Plaintiffs brought suit on separation of church and state grounds, with

88-541: A lawsuit against the Cobb County School District for discrimination. The district administers these 17 government high schools: The original Clarkdale Elementary School was a Cobb County school that opened in the 1960s and closed on September 21, 2009, due to the massive flooding in Georgia that day, which submerged the school to the ceiling in the waters of nearby Noses Creek . Despite being built outside

110-543: A post office with ZIP Code 30111 and is the hometown of novelty and country singer Ray Stevens . The population in 2020 was 23,401. Clarkdale began as a mill village built in 1932 to support a spinning mill of the Coats & Clark Thread Company. Both the mill and the neighborhood, consisting of 98 dwellings (a mixture of single-family and duplex floorplans), were designed by North Carolina architect Joseph Emory Sirrine. The neighborhood boasted many modern conveniences for

132-565: Is the school district which operates public schools in Cobb County, Georgia , United States. The school district includes all of Cobb County except for the Marietta City Schools , though a number of schools in unincorporated parts of the county have Marietta addresses. It is the second-largest school system in Georgia (behind only Gwinnett County Public Schools ) and 23rd largest in

154-510: The 100-year flood plain , water rose ankle-deep on the grounds as the children were being evacuated . The school housed about 450 students. For three school years , these students attended Compton Elementary (K-2) and Austell Intermediate (3–5). The new Clarkdale Elementary opened in mid-August 2012 near Cooper Middle School (although the Federal Emergency Management Agency declared the original site acceptable ), while

176-548: The Blackwells community was built in the 1920s on Canton Road (old Georgia 5 ), as the county's first consolidated school. The historic schoolhouse, and all of its later additions, were destroyed in summer 1997 and closed for a year while a new replacement was built on the same site, in an institutional style much like the plain architecture of an office park rather than a historic school. The original Mountain View Elementary

198-844: The Cobb/Paulding Adult Education Center which is operated by the Cobb County School District . Every school in Paulding County has a Parent Teacher Association or a Parent Teacher Student Association. These associations allow teachers, students, and parents to hold conferences to discuss the means of ensuring that the student achieves his or her goals. PTA and PTSA meetings are held either before or after school. The Paulding County School District gained national news coverage after images surfaced showing hundreds of students not wearing face masks . The school district had strongly encouraged staff and students to wear

220-695: The Cobb County Board of Education has full authority to control and manage the public schools within the county, excluding any independent school system. This means that like other school systems in the state, it is directly under the Georgia Department of Education and not subject to city or county government control. This also means that it has separate funding through its own property tax (except on senior citizens ) outside of Marietta city limits , and 1% county-wide sales tax which it splits with Marietta City Schools based on which jurisdiction it

242-509: The United States. The district is the county's largest employer and one of the largest in the US (at least in school systems). All Cobb County schools are accredited by Cognia (education) , and the district is among the first to have earned district-wide accreditation . The superintendent of the school district is Chris Ragsdale. As a body created under provisions of the Georgia's constitution ,

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264-515: The district outside of the board's purview or approval. On August 16, 2024, Ragsdale banned 13 more books. On July 19, 2024, Ragsdale revealed a list of books banned since August 2023. It was also reported that he lashed out at The Marietta Daily-Journal for publishing information about his bans. The list focuses heavily on race, LGTBQIA+ topics and authors, and other topics Ragsdale deems "divisive" based on his interpretation of HB 1084 and SB 226. June 14, 2024 students and alumni announce joining

286-476: The expected traffic and noise. The old East Cobb Middle School, located directly across Holt Road from Wheeler HS, will be home to a relocated Eastvalley Elementary School. Walton High School made a run to the GHSA State Championship for American football in 2023, looking to bring home their first-ever state championship, but would ultimately fall to Milton High School heartbreakingly after conceding

308-715: The federal discrimination lawsuit against Cobb County School District, et al. [1] On May 14, 2024, the National Women's Law Center (NWLC) filed two complaints against the Cobb County School District for violations of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Ragsdale has previously responded that his bans are simply removals to protect children. On February 13, 2024, Katie Rinderle and other educators file

330-423: The initial trial finding for the plaintiffs. Cobb County School District appealed and the verdict was overturned and remanded for a new trial, at which time plaintiffs and Cobb County School District reached an out-of-court settlement , with the district agreeing to remove the stickers. A Cobb County teacher was discovered to have had sex with a 17-year-old student. When brought to trial, the teacher pleaded that

352-487: The mill's closing in 1983; in 1966, the homes were sold to current residents, many of whom were current or former employees of the mill. In 1987, Clarkdale was listed in the National Register of Historic Places . During the historic September 2009 Atlanta floods , Clarkdale Elementary School (part of Cobb County Public Schools ) was ruined by Noses Creek in the hours after students and faculty evacuated. Although it

374-417: The previous building awaited demolition, a delay which the local neighborhood complained about. State funding (a bond for 20% of the cost of replacement) was vetoed by Governor Sonny Perdue on procedural grounds in early June 2010. Most of the remainder will be covered by insurance and leftover SPLOST funds. At least one other school has been demolished. The original Blackwell Elementary School in

396-613: The student had consented. This defense was allowed by the Superior Court judge and upheld by the Georgia Supreme Court in 2009. This led the Georgia legislature to pass a statute in 2010 making it a crime for a teacher to have sexual relations with a student. As of August 2024, these board posts are up for general election in 2024: Clarkdale, Georgia Clarkdale is an unincorporated community west-northwest of Atlanta , Georgia, in southwestern Cobb County . It has

418-407: The time, such as electricity and indoor plumbing. Additionally, residents enjoyed a public swimming pool, a community house for public functions, and a mill-sponsored baseball team. As the mill thrived, the community fostered the growth of several local businesses, a dedicated post office, and two churches, both of which still hold religious services as of 2020. Layoffs in the 1950s and 1960s preceded

440-519: Was collected in. As of August 2024, the elected board members of the Cobb County Board of Education of the Cobb County School District are: The board gave management of fiscal year 2025 general-fund operating budget of approximately $ 1.8 billion to Superintendent Ragsdale for most transactions under $ 200,000. In recent years, the Superintendent has been granted authority to manage most of

462-554: Was outside the 100-year flood plain, massive rainfall and upstream land development caused the stream to swell to more than 10 times its normal height, also flooding other locations in Clarkdale. The new Clarkdale Elementary School opened at a different location in August 2012. 33°49′51″N 84°38′59″W  /  33.83083°N 84.64972°W  / 33.83083; -84.64972 This Cobb County, Georgia state location article

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484-441: Was rebuilt farther down Sandy Plains Road; the original was demolished in 2018 for a new shopping center. Also located in a busy business district , Brumby Elementary on Powers Ferry Road was set to be replaced by a mixed-use development in 2020 with a Kroger superstore by 2022. Both Brumby and East Cobb Middle School opened new schools next to each other on Terrell Mill Road in August 2018, although local residents objected to

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