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Cobb schools boost ACT scores in 2020; Walton leads county

October 14, 2020 12:35 PM by Wendy Parker

Despite the challenges of finishing the school year online, the Class of 2020 for the Cobb County School District had higher American College Testing (ACT) scores than the previous year.

The gain was a slight one—the district’s 23.2 composite score was 0.2 higher than 2019—but the new figure also is higher than the state and national average.

In a release issued by the district, Cobb’s overall score was 2.6 points above the national average and 1.5 points above the Georgia average.

Walton High School in East Cobb had the highest composite score in the 16-school Cobb school district and in every subject category.

Walton’s composite score of 27.4 points is one of the highest in the state. A total of 342 Walton seniors took the ACT, the most for any school in the district.

Lassiter had 319 students take the ACT, and the class composite score is 25.9. That’s the same composite score at Pope, where 278 students took the test.

A total of 3,276 Cobb high school students took the ACT, with an average composite score of 23.2. This score is a .2 increase over 2019’s average composite of 23.

“Our students continue to show resilience and determination,” Cobb Superintendent Chris Ragsdale said in a statement. “2020 has been a difficult year for many reasons, but Cobb teachers and students have continued to excel. I have the utmost appreciation for how our teachers have gone above and beyond during the pandemic.”

More from the Cobb district here; and the Georgia Department of Education here, including a downloadable spreadsheet of all ACT scores in the state.

	Avg Comp	Avg Eng	Avg Math	Avg Read	Avg Sci	# Taking Test
Kell	21.0	20.5	20.4	21.5	20.9	150
Lassiter	25.9	26.0	25.7	26.5	25.0	319
Pope	25.9	26.6	25.1	26.3	25.3	278
Sprayberry	20.9	20.3	19.9	22.5	20.5	102
Walton	27.4	27.7	26.8	27.9	26.6	342
Wheeler	24.7	24.4	23.9	25.6	24.5	128

Nine Cobb elementary schools report confirmed COVID-19 cases

October 9, 2020 4:55 PMOctober 9, 2020 3:48 PM by Wendy Parker

At the end of the first week of classroom instruction in the Cobb County School District, nine of the 67 elementary schools have reported confirmed COVID-19 cases among students and staff.

At each of those nine schools, fewer than 10 cases have been reported, according to figures posted Friday on the CCSD website.

Five of the nine schools are in East Cobb, but more specific numbers for each school have not been disclosed.

The parents of roughly 60 percent of the district’s enrolled elementary students—or nearly 27,000 in all—chose what’s called the “face-to-face” option, after several weeks of all-online instruction to start the school year.

The schools that have reported confirmed cases to Cobb and Douglas Public Health include the following:

Blackwell ES in East Cobb
Eastvalley ES in East Cobb
Milford ES in Marietta
Nicholson ES in East Cobb
Nickajack ES in Smyrna
Pickett’s Mill ES in Acworth
Powers Ferry ES in East Cobb
Sanders ES in Austell
Shallowford Falls ES in East Cobb

The case totals are combined for students and staff throughout the district. Before this week’s classroom return for K-5 and special-education students, CCSD indicated that 287 students and staff had tested positive for COVID-19 since July 1.

That overall number, which is updated on Fridays, now stands at 324 cases, an increase of 37 during the first week of elementary school classes.

A Cobb school district spokesman said that no classes or schools have been shut down as a result of the confirmed cases.

The school-by-school case totals also will be updated every Friday, the spokesman said.

The district also will be posting school-by-school figures at the end of the first week of each phase of classroom reopening. Middle school students who have chosen to return to school will do so on Oct. 19, and the high school return date is Nov. 5.

The district explained that in accordance with student and health privacy laws, “the Georgia Department of Public Health recommends refraining from publicly publishing numbers of cases or quarantined students or staff that are less than 10 unless the number is 0.”

Cobb and Douglas Public health will “communicate confirmed cases to affected students/staff/ parents,” according to CCSD protocols.

Those guidelines also state that those who test positive “will isolate until 10 consecutive days have passed from their positive COVID-19 test and they are asymptomatic.”

Students who are quarantined are those who test positive, are suspected of having the virus due to symptoms or who are “in close contact with someone who has a suspected case for COVID-19 due to the presence of symptoms.”

The “close contact” definition is someone who is within six feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes, or who has had direct contact (hugging, etc.) with someone who’s infected, or who is sneezed or coughed upon by an infected person.

Quarantined students will continue remote learning until returning to school.

The district details those protocols in this FAQ and encourages parents to follow a daily well-being checklist before sending students to school. More health and safety information can be found here.

Candidate profile: David Banks, Cobb school board Post 5

October 8, 2020 5:26 PMOctober 8, 2020 4:45 PM by Wendy Parker

David Banks, Cobb school board candidate

He’s become a frequent target of criticism from political opponents and some school parents, but veteran Cobb Board of Education member David Banks has proven difficult to dislodge.

The Republican who represents Post 5 (the Pope and Lassiter clusters plus part of the Walton and Wheeler attendance zones) defeated two primary opponents without a runoff in June as he seeks a fourth term.

A retired computer and technology consultant and business owner, Banks said that given the dramatic change that’s underway in a very different school year, retaining an experienced school board voice is important.

“I’ve been on the board long enough to know how to get things done,” Banks said, citing his push for a concert hall at Lassiter High School and support for expanding STEM instruction at the middle- and grade-school level.

Banks does not have a campaign website; here’s his school board biography page.

His opponent in the Nov. 3 general election, Democrat Julia Hurtado, said Cobb County has “outgrown” Banks in a number of respects, especially in response to growing calls for equity.

She’s calling for a more “inclusive” advocacy for the school board that oversees Georgia’s second-largest school district, which effectively has a majority-minority enrollment.

Banks said he’s not concerned he collected only 543 more votes in the primary than Hurtado in what’s been a strongly Republican area, and that he’ll soon send out campaign materials to identified Republican voters.

Banks is the board’s vice chairman this year, and opposed language in a proposed anti-racism resolution that acknowledged “systemic racism” within the Cobb County School District.

The board, which has four white Republicans and three black Democrats, couldn’t come to a consensus on any resolution after several tries this summer.

Banks said the Cobb school district doesn’t have the racial issues that two of his colleagues and others have alleged.

Those board members, first-term Democrats Charisse Davis of the Walton and Wheeler clusters and Jaha Howard of the Smyrna area, have pressed the Cobb school district to hire an equity officer.

Howard also has scrutinized district school disciplinary data along racial lines, and Davis supports changing the name of Wheeler High School, named after a Confederate Civil War general.

They would not support an anti-racism resolution without the “systemic racism” reference.

Banks said they “are trying to make race an issue where it has never been before. . . . I think they feel like they can get votes that way.”

Banks contends there are “black-on-black” racial problems in the south Cobb area, and that it’s really “a cultural thing. When 70 percent don’t have fathers in the house, that’s a problem.”

When asked if he could understand why some might consider those racist remarks, Banks said, “no, that’s not true. It’s more of a socioeconomic situation” that’s beyond the limits of what a school system can address.

In August, Banks came under fire for referring to COVID-19 as the “China virus” in his e-mail newsletter, including a parent in the Lassiter area.

Banks did not respond to a request for comment from East Cobb News before publication, and afterward sent a note saying those who criticized him are Democrats who “are racists and you carried their water.”

Hurtado also supports an equity officer position and school name changes at Walton and Wheeler. In an online advertisement, Banks claims that’s part of Hurtado’s “radical” and “left-wing agenda” and that “Democrat school candidates put our Community at GREAT Risk.”

Among those issues is Hurtado’s support of revisiting the Cobb school district’s senior property tax exemption. Banks, who takes the exemption that’s available for homeowners aged 62 and over, said he still pays for schools through sales taxes.

He advocates a local education sales tax (LEST) to provide additional revenues, and said changing the exemption would require a constitutional amendment.

“It’s not going to happen,” Banks said. “I don’t know a legislator who would commit political suicide.”

Banks also took issue with Hurtado’s claim that the Cobb school district could be doing more for special-education students.

He said the Cobb school district “has one of the best special-needs programs in the country and “we have allocated more money than a lot of other districts have.”

Banks also downplayed criticism that the school board is out of touch with parents and constituencies in the school district pining for change.

“I would prefer to concentrate on doing things to make the educational process better for all students,” he said.

Continuing the extension of STEM programs into grade schools is one of those priorities, as is addressing what could be an evolving learning environment.

Roughly 60 percent of Cobb elementary students returned to campuses this week while the rest are learning remotely. Middle school and high school students whose parents chose the classroom option will be coming back over the next three weeks.

“This has been a real learning curve,” said Banks, who commended the district’s handling of reopening. “It’s how we’re going to define education in the future.

“I think you’re going to have a hybrid [model], but we don’t yet really know what it’s going to look like.”

Banks said the most significant challenge for the Cobb school district in the long run is for it “not to become a school system like Atlanta, DeKalb and Clayton” that he says have declined due to “white flight.” He said he thinks similar trends are taking place in Gwinnett and Henry.

Banks said if Democrats gain control of the Cobb school board, among other priorities there would be an effort to force teachers to transfer to underperforming schools.

That’s another charge he has leveled at Hurtado, and Banks is unflinching in making that claim.

“I can back up everything I’ve said,” he said.

He chuckles at other criticism that he occasionally falls asleep during school board meetings.

“People like to make fun of that, and that’s okay,” he said. “I can take a picture of you and tell you the same thing.

“I don’t fall asleep. I’m wide awake.”

Candidate profile: Julia Hurtado, Cobb school board Post 5

October 7, 2020 5:26 PM by Wendy Parker

Julia Hurtado, Cobb school board candidate

During her primary campaign in her first bid for public office, Julia Hurtado said she was encouraged by the level of engagement with parents and the various school communities that make up Post 5 on the Cobb Board of Education.

During an anxious summer with questions about how the school year would begin, Hurtado had plenty of uncertainties of her own.

“We had a lengthy family meeting,” said Hurtado, a physical therapist and mother of a Sedalia Park Elementary School student.

Her daughter was among those elementary students returning to school classroom learning this week as the Cobb County School District began a phased-in reopening of campuses.

“She misses her friends,” said Hurtado, the Democratic nominee who is facing three-term Republican incumbent David Banks in the Nov. 3 general election.

Hurtado defeated Lassiter PTSA co-president Tammy Andress in the June 9 primary, receiving only 543 fewer votes than Banks, who defeated two GOP contenders without a runoff.

Hurtado said while she was meeting parents and school families, she met “people who weren’t paying much attention to this race” who were eager to hear her thoughts on the school restart.

“It’s an all-consuming topic,” she said. “There has been a lot of fear of the unknown.”

Hurtado’s campaign website is here. East Cobb News has interviewed Banks and will publish his campaign profile shortly.

Post 5, which includes the Pope and Lassiter clusters and some of the Walton and Wheeler attendance zones, has long been considered strong Republican territory.

It’s one of three school board races in which Republican incumbents are facing Democratic challengers with party control of the seven-member board on the line.

Banks is the vice chairman of the four-member GOP majority, and Hurtado said that “I think that Cobb County has outgrown him. I’m the opposite of him.”

Hurtado said he’s getting by on name recognition and that “I have made it a point to have a campaign where everyone feels included.”

She understands she needs to appeal across party lines—her husband is a disaffected Republican—and has pledged what she calls a “platform of transparency.”

Hurtado said she was dismayed the school board didn’t have a special meeting this summer to discuss back-to-school options, as proposed by Democratic member Charisse Davis, who represents the Walton and Wheeler clusters.

“It was a wasted opportunity because we’re having so much engagement from our community now,” Hurtado said. “Some of it might be politics, but this is bigger than politics.”

As she outlined during her primary campaign, Hurtado supports greater efforts at equity in the Cobb County School District, and not just related to racial and cultural differences as Davis has advocated.

For Hurtado, that also includes special-education and other non-traditional students.

“Some of the things we’re doing well are isolated,” she said. “A student might be sent to a different school” that has a teacher or program to suit a particular student’s needs.

“We need to stop operating in silos,” said Hurtado, who has suggested that the district expand partnerships with community organizations suited to address those needs.

Hurtado said she supports a proposed anti-racism resolution that the school board couldn’t agree on—and that was split along partisan lines. She is one of four Democratic school board candidates to sign a resolution condemning racism.

Since the primary, online petitions have been created to rename Walton and Wheeler high schools, due to the racial backgrounds of their namesakes.

Hurtado supports those changes, and said as an example that as a Jew, she could understand students who might be uncomfortable going to a school named after a Confederate general.

In an online advertisement, Banks claims that’s part of what he calls Hurtado’s “radical” and “left-wing agenda” and that “Democrat school candidates put our Community at GREAT Risk.”

The YouTube video includes footage of Hurtado answering questions during an online candidates forum, including revisiting Cobb’s senior tax exemption.

Republicans on the board are sternly opposed to efforts by Davis and Jaha Howard, another first-term Democrat, to ponder the possibility of closing loopholes.

Hurtado said she doesn’t think it would hurt to examine the issue, and noted that she differs with Davis and Howard on some issues.

But she said she’s noticed a cultural shift in the county that also includes how educational matters are addressed.

“That’s not radical,” said Hurtado, who said she’s been talking to more Republican voters during her campaign. “I know I can work with anyone.”

The racial consciousness that’s been going on in the country since this summer, Hurtado said, demands a more proactive response from the school district.

“This is the moment that we’re in,” she said. “There’s a reckoning going on, and we have to prepare our children to better understand the world they’re growing up in.”

More than 63% of East Cobb elementary students returning

October 4, 2020 1:44 PMOctober 3, 2020 2:09 PM by Wendy Parker

On Monday the Cobb County School District begins the first phase of opening campuses up for in-person instruction when K-5 and special education students resume classes.

Earlier this week we posted a school-by-school breakdown of who’s coming back, who’s staying remote and who hadn’t responded, and noting that 58.7 percent of elementary school students around the county would be coming back to campus.

In East Cobb, a little more than 63 percent of students enrolled in 20 elementary schools will be heading back to their schools.

According to CCSD figures, the parents of 8,797 students at those East Cobb grade schools have chosen the in-person option. That compares to 4,537 students, or 32 percent, who will continue remotely.

The parents of another 557 students, or four percent, had not provided a response as of earlier this week.

The figures are subject to change, but the choices parents have made are not. The decisions reported to the district near the end of September are good through the end of the fall semester, and the district anticipates remote learning remaining an option for the rest of the school year.

The figures don’t include special education students, who also can come back to school at K-12 levels.

Late this week the district produced a back-to-school video laying out what students, teachers and parents can expect, in terms of academics, safety and other protocols.

Students will be required to masks at all times, including on school buses, and the district announced guidelines last week that include possible disciplinary action for students who don’t follow them.

A positive COVID-19 case was reported at Kincaid Elementary School in East Cobb on March 11, and the district closed all schools “until further notice” on March 12.

The following day, Gov. Brian Kemp issued a shelter-in-place order, and on April 2, he closed all public schools in Georgia for the rest of the 2019-20 school year.

Cobb schools began the current school year online-only, and on Sept. 3 Superintendent Chris Ragsdale announced dates for classroom return.

Middle schools students can return starting Oct. 19, and the district data shows that 54.2 percent of those students will be coming back.

The high school return date is Nov. 5, and as of now 42.7 percent have indicated a choice of heading back to classrooms.

Ragsdale made his decision based on public health data reflecting the level of community spread, targeting a 14-day average of between 100 to 200 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people.

As of Friday, Cobb’s figures were 102 cases per 100,000, which is considered high community spread but the lowest that number has been since late June. That average was in the 400s in early August, at the start of the school year, and has gradually been falling.

Cobb and Douglas Public Health breaks down cases and deaths by ZIP Code (click hover map here), and here’s the latest for the East Cobb area:

30062: 1,335 cases; 21 deaths
30066: 1,202 cases; 22 deaths
30067: 1,179 cases, 11 deaths
30068: 659 cases, 30 deaths
30075: 115 cases, 2 deaths

According to the Cobb GIS office, which keeps county-related COVID data at this hub, 29 of those deaths have occurred at long-term care homes.

GIS also produces a hover map with those details and a swipe function that also shows the proximity of public schools in a ZIP code.

More than three-quarters of all COVID deaths in Cobb are people aged 70 and older, and school-age children have the fewest cases for people under the age of 60.

The latest figures show 1,828 cases for youths age 19 and younger. That includes 307 between the ages of 6-11, 257 between 12-14 and 984 between 15-18.

The two fatalities in Cobb involving someone under the age of 18 were a female and a one-year-old boy who died in late August with an underlying health issue.

The Cobb school district has been updating COVID cases every Friday, and this week indicated that 287 students or staff members have tested postive since July 1.

Cobb school-by-school lists of face-to-face, remote choices

September 28, 2020 7:30 AM by Wendy Parker

Pope High School, Cobb SAT scores — *Around 70 percent of Pope students have opted for in-person learning, the highest for a Cobb County School District high school.*

More than half of all Cobb County School District students have indicated they will be returning to classrooms.

As of late Saturday, a total of 56,284 students have opted for face-to-face learning, or 52.3 percent, compared to 41,036 students, or 38.1 percent who will remain with the remote option for the rest of the fall semester.

That’s when updated district-wide, grade-level and school-by-school breakdowns were distributed by Cobb Board of Education member David Banks in his e-mail newsletter.

Another 10,296 students, or 9.6 percent, had not responded. Earlier last week, the district said around 49 percent of students opted for going back to school, but had no school-by-school figures.

Banks said in his newsletter those figures will be subject to change since they are being updated.

A total of 58.7 percent of elementary school students will be returning Oct. 5, after this coming week’s fall break. The middle school return date is Oct. 19, and 54.2 percent will be going back. On Nov. 5, high school students can learn in-person, and as of now 42.7 percent have chosen that option. But more than 15 percent of students have not responded.

Elementary schools

Several elementary schools in East Cobb are reporting more than 70 percent of their students chose face-to-face schooling.

Those include Garrison Mill (78.1), Mt. Bethel (77.1), Tritt (76), Davis (75,1), Timber Ridge (71.1) and Rocky Mount (70.2).

Schools that will have more than 40 percent staying remote include Brumby (47.2) and Sedalia Park (41.4), and Powers Ferry is at 38.5 percent for now. Powers Ferry (12.9) and Brumby (11.7) are in double-figures in the no-response rate.

Middle Schools

Nearly three-quarters of all students at Mabry Middle School in East Cobb have selected in-person learning. At East Cobb Middle School, 42.9 percent will be returning, 41.2 will remain remote, and 15.9 percent have not responded.

High Schools

Pope tops the high school face-to-face list, with 70.6 percent saying they’ll be coming back to campus in early November. Lassiter is at 63.3 for face-to-face and Walton is at 52.2 percent. Kell and Sprayberry are nearly even, but 17.1 and 18.5 percent of students there have not responded.

Thus far 53 percent of Wheeler students chose the remote option, but 11.3 percent have not responded.

The Cobb school district has said that students who have not made a choice must do so through the principal at their assigned school. For information visit the Cobb schools Learning Everywhere portal.

Murdock ES named National Blue Ribbon School for a 2nd time

September 25, 2020 10:56 AMSeptember 25, 2020 8:36 AM by Wendy Parker

For the second time, Murdock Elementary School in East Cobb has been named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. National Blue Ribbon Schools

Murdock is the only school in the Cobb County School District and is one of nine in the state of Georgia to earn the designation, which goes to schools “based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups.”

Murdock, which also was named an “Exemplary High Performing School” was cited for what school leaders noted in their application as having “a family culture in our community” that has created “a winning combination of and partnership of families and staff that make Murdock a special place.”

Murdock is among the 317 public and 50 private schools that will be honored at an awards ceremony in Washington in November.

Here’s more from Murdock’s application:

“Our most notable strength/accomplishment is also our greatest challenge. Overall, we are a high performing school. This often means there is not a lot of room for growth. However, Murdock has been recognized by the state of Georgia for achieving the Platinum Award for Highest Performing schools as well as the Bronze Award for Greatest Gains.”

Murdock has been among the highest-performing elementary schools in Cobb, according to 2019 testing results. In last year’s College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) scores, Murdock overall score of 92 was fourth in the county (previous ECN story here).

The CCRPI is a state accountability measure that gauges overall achievement results and how schools are preparing students for the next level of education. The 2019 CCRPI scores will be released next month.

Murdock also rated in the Top 10 in the Cobb school district on the 2019 Georgia Milestones assessment where 97 percent of students scored levels 2-4.

Murdock was first named a National Blue Ribbon School in 1988 and is one of five East Cobb schools to have been named more than once.

2019: Tritt Elementary School; Sope Creek Elementary School
2018: Mt. Bethel Christian Academy
2016: Mt. Bethel Elementary School
2013: Tritt Elementary School
2011: Timber Ridge Elementary School
2009: Hightower Trail Middle School
2008: Mabry Middle School
2007: Walton High School
2003: Dickerson Middle School
2001: Shallowford Falls Elementary School
2000: Lassiter High School
1996: Sprayberry High School
1994: Eastvalley Elementary School
1992: McCleskey Middle School
1990: East Cobb Middle School
1988: Murdock Elementary School; Sope Creek Elementary School
1986: Mt. Bethel Elementary School
1984: Walton High School.

Cobb schools issue mask guidance; 49% of students returning

September 23, 2020 7:36 AM by Wendy Parker

Cobb schools mask guidance The Cobb County School District has issued specifics on face masks that will be required for everyone when students begin returning to classrooms on Oct. 5.

That includes teachers, staff, students and any visitors in district school buildings at all times.

The guidance instructs parents to provide a mask for their children that fully covers the mouth and nose, is “secure under the chin” and “fits securely against both sides of the face.”

The guidance said the Centers for Disease Control does not recommend masks that have an exhalation valve or vent, and face shields are not a substitute for masks.

If students don’t wear a mask, they will be asked to do so, and a disposable mask will be provided.

If the student still refuses, the parent will be called to pick up their child “and a conference will be held to discuss the option of digital instruction.”

Any students who continue to refuse to wear a mask will be considered “insubordinate” and will be subject to the district’s student code of conduct.

The district guidance allows for some exceptions that include medical conditions and students with disabilities.

The district says in its guidance that students uncomfortable wearing masks should wear them for short periods before returning to school “so that they become accustomed to wearing a mask.”

The district’s face mask policy includes extracurricular activities, including sporting events, even outdoor football games.

More guidance about masks can be found here.

At last week’s Cobb Board of Education meeting, two board members tried to get a face mask requirement in the district’s dress code policy. Their attempts were turned down, but they said the would bring the matter up for discussion in October.

The period for choosing in-person or remote learning ended Sunday, and 52,000 of the district’s 112,000 students, or 49 percent, will be coming back to their schools.

Another 37,000 students, or 35 percent, will continue remote learning through the end of the fall semester.

There also are 18,000 students, or 16 percent, whose parents had not made a choice as of Sunday. They will have to notify their child’s home school of their decision.

Elementary school and special education students will be returning on Oct. 5, followed by middle school students Oct. 19 and high school students Nov. 5.

Cobb schools Class of 2020 tops national, state SAT averages

September 21, 2020 3:34 PM by Wendy Parker

Walton High School, East Cobb SAT scores

Despite disruptions due to COVID-19 closures, the Class of 2020 of the Cobb County School District surpassed both the U.S. and state averages in scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test.

The district said in a news release Monday that the “nationwide mean score on the college-entrance test was 1030 out of a possible 1600. Statewide, Georgia students beat the national score by 13 points with an average score of 1043.”

Four East Cobb schools led the way in the 16-high school district, with Walton’s 1,272 overall average (635 verbal/637 math) at the top of the list.

Pope and Lassiter tied with 1,195 overall (Pope: 606/589, Lassiter: 602/593), and Wheeler with an 1,160 overall (581/579).

Kell’s overall score was 1,061 (539/522) while Sprayberry’s was 1,040 (539/501).

The Cobb average score was 1107, which is down from 1114 in 2019, and that reflects a slight drop across the country.

The district said 1,350 fewer tests were given in 2020. A total of 5,283 Cobb school district students took the test, second in the state to Gwinnett. That 1,107 score is better than the averages of the top five school districts in the state, including Gwinnett, DeKalb, Fulton and Clayton.

Here’s more from Georgia school superintendent Richard Woods:

“The class of 2020 has faced unprecedented adversity and uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Given all they have overcome, I am so proud of these students for becoming the third graduating class in Georgia history to beat the national average on the SAT. I continue to be optimistic about the future of Georgia public schools as our students, teachers, and schools continue to surpass expectations and outperform their peers nationally.”

Scores were down slightly across the entire country in 2020. Cobb’s overall score was 1,114 in 2019.

Cobb school district students averaged 564 in verbal sections and 544 on math, compared to 520/510 nationwide, and 532/511 in Georgia.

Walton’s 1,272 score was third in Georgia, trailing only the Gwinnett School of Math, Science and Technology (1,361), Northview in North Fulton (1,282).

The scores released Monday were only for public schools. Full school-level and district-level results can be found here.

Earlier this month the Georgia Department of Education said it would be eliminating half of the Georgia Milestones end-of-course requirements for current high school students, given the varying start dates and virtual learning operations of districts due to COVID-19 measures.

More high school testing information for the 2020-21 school year in Georgia can be found here.

Cobb schools release more K-5 reopening details, video

September 19, 2020 11:19 AM by Wendy Parker

Cobb K-5 reopening plans — *A demonstration of an elementary school class. K-5 students and special ed students can return Oct. 5.*

After Cobb school superintendent Chris Ragsdale explained some of the scenarios for classroom instruction to the school board Thursday , the district released further details and a video Friday showing what they might look like.

What the district calls its “Learning Everywhere” plan calls for the teaching of students in classes and remotely simultaneously, with grades K-5 and special education students at all levels forming the first reopening phase Oct. 5.

The technology-focused approach, Ragsdale said, “is the only way we can minimize disruptions if a school or a class needs to quarantine.”

Teachers will be instructing in their classrooms in the traditional fashion, and will have a large video screen and connect with remote students via a computer. Students also will be expected to complete their classwork at the same time.

The district said that all lessons will be archived on its Cobb Teaching and Learning System portal for future review if that’s needed.

“This won’t be a normal school day like it was in 2019,” Ragsdale said to the school board about face-to-face learning.

Cobb schools began the school year Aug. 17 in an all-remote environment, with class days on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

When students return, the four-day instructional schedule will remain, with Wednesday reserved for independent study, teacher-student consultations and small group discussions.

The reopening plans call for middle school students to return Oct. 19 and high school students on Nov. 5.

Parents of students at all grade levels have until Sunday to make their choice of either in-person or remote learning for the fall semester.

Once that choice is made, that student will have to stay in the chosen learning environment for the rest of the semester.

Ragsdale said it’s likely similar options will be available for the spring semester after the new year.

“I think this is going to be the environment for the entire school year,” he said.

2 Cobb school board members want masks in dress code policy

September 17, 2020 3:06 PM by Wendy Parker

Cobb schools masks policy

Two members of the Cobb Board of Education on Thursday couldn’t get their colleagues to go along with a request to have a special meeting to discuss including face masks as a requirement in the Cobb County School District dress code policy.

So they’ll ask that the issue be discussed at the October school board meetings instead.

Board members Jaha Howard and Clarisse Davis (shown above in the second row, at left) were the only votes in favor of having a special called meeting before K-5 and special education students return for classroom instruction on Oct. 5.

They’re both Democrats, and were outvoted by the board’s four Republican members. Democrat David Morgan was absent from a board work session on Thursday.

Davis, who represents the Walton and Wheeler clusters, said “we have an important requirement” to carry out Superintendent Chris Ragsdale’s mask mandate for all staff and students that needs to be codified.

“We need everybody to do the right thing,” Ragsdale said during the work session in another discussion about masks. “That’s a very important part of this plan.”

Davis said she wants to stress this in the dress code policy because there are parents who don’t want their children to wear masks at school, “which doesn’t fit into what the superintendent wants to do. They’re not willing to do what they need to do.”

Howard, who represents the Campbell and Osborne clusters, said “there’s no better way to support our teachers” than to include masks in the dress code policy.

Davis had brought a motion to vote on the policy change during the work session. School board attorney Clem Doyle advised against that, saying the board typically doesn’t change policy without first notifying the public and having a discussion and vote at a voting meeting.

She withdrew her motion and seconded Howard’s motion for a special called meeting. None of the other four board members offered any comments before voting against the latter.

That sequence took place during a part of the work session at which board members bring discussion items forward. Davis and Howard asked for comments from Ragsdale about virtual learning, reopening plans and the district’s communications policy.

Ragsdale said in his own remarks that while he doesn’t like the phrase “new normal,” he admitted that when classrooms open back up, “this will not be a normal school day like it was in 2019.

“Cobb is not an online school,” he said, adding that adjusting to the reality of changes related to COVID-19 will go on for some time.

“The virus is here and it’s going to be here,” he said.

The 14-day average of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people in Cobb is down to 182, which is still considered high community spread.

Ragsdale said that figure was “tremendous,” as he was looking at a number between 100 and 200 to reopen schools. The county average at one point in July was more than 400 cases per 100,000.

The Cobb schools mask mandate included in Ragsdale’s reopening plans also extend to sports and even outdoor events like football and softball games.

He said it was important for fall sports to be underway, even with new restrictions that include limited seating at games.

“There’s always a possibility we could go back to 100 percent online,” he said. “But I don’t think that’s around the corner.”

Ragsdale said any complete return to what school had been like before the virus isn’t going to happen anytime soon.

“I think this is going to be the environment for the rest of the school year,” he said.

Cobb school board doesn’t show live public comments again

September 19, 2020 11:47 AMSeptember 17, 2020 10:47 AM by Wendy Parker

Cobb school board public comments

For the second month in a row, the Cobb Board of Education is not showing live public comments during its virtual meetings.

On Thursday morning, viewers tuning in on the Cobb County School District’s website for a scheduled 10 a.m. work session instead saw a link to the August meetings.

When contacted by East Cobb News, a district spokesman said the live meeting stream would be activated after the public comment period. Here’s the statement he issued about why:

“While meeting virtually, we are using every security measure possible to ensure public comment is appropriate and in compliance with Board policy.

As a security precaution and in compliance with Board policy to verify public commenters as a resident of Cobb County, a District student, a parent/guardian of the District, an employee of the District, or as a non-resident property owner, the video of public comment will be made available on the District website as part of the Board meeting video after the Board meeting ends.”

The live stream came on at 10:30 a.m., when board members were hearing a SPLOST overview and before comments by Superintendent Chris Ragsdale.

Public comments also were scheduled for the board’s regular business meeting Thursday afternoon, which takes place after an executive session that follows the work session.

Last month the board took public comments and said it would make them available online later. However, those public comments were not recorded in what the district said was a mistake.

Those comments were the first public comments the school board has heard since it began meeting virtually in March.

The Cobb Board of Commissioners has held mostly virtual meetings since March, and has continued accepting public comments and showing them live, whether the speakers were in person or speaking via a Zoom connection.

Last September the Cobb school board majority voted to prevent board members from making public comments during meeting, following friction with two colleagues who said they were being censored.

UPDATED:

On Friday, recorded public comments were inserted at the start of the board’s archived meeting feed.

The first three speakers were Wheeler High School students who support a petition effort to change the school name.

Richard Griffiths, spokesman for the Georgia First Amendment Foundation, told East Cobb News that the board doing this a second time is “deliberate” and suggested that the Georgia Attorney General’s office look into the matter.

He took issue with the board’s policy of verifying residency before allowing people to speak.

“All citizens deserve to know what is being said at their meetings,” Griffiths said. “Public comment is not executive session. This is a gross violation of state law.”

Griffith said his organization has brought in representatives of various local governments to help them handle virtual meetings during the pandemic, and “many of them have been exemplary.

“It’s such a disappointment to see Cobb schools is doing this again.”

Cobb school board to discuss virtual learning, reopening

September 16, 2020 2:17 PMSeptember 16, 2020 9:03 AM by Wendy Parker

Mountain View Elementary School

Two members of the Cobb Board of Education have asked for discussions at Thursday’s work session on virtual learning and reopening plans.

There’s also a request for the board to approve emergency funding for electrical repairs at Mountain View Elementary School in East Cobb.

The school board’s work session starts at 10 a.m. Thursday, followed by an executive session and a business meeting.

The work session and business meeting will be conducted in public via Zoom, and you can watch here or on Channel 24 on Comcast Cable. Meeting agendas can be found here.

Board member Charisse Davis, who represents the Walton and Wheeler clusters, has asked for the virtual learning discussion. Cobb schools began all-online on Sept. 17, and dealt with technology issues for the first three weeks.

Elementary and special education students can start returning to classrooms on Oct. 5 in a phased-in approach that continues with middle school students on Oct. 19 and high school students on Nov. 5.

Students can continue virtual learning, but parents must choose an option by Sept. 20, and cannot switch back for the rest of the fall semester.

The school board also will be asked to approve $350,000 to make electrical repairs at Mountain View Elementary School.

District staff said a lightning strike damaged the school’s electrical systems, and the contingency funding is for emergency repairs and to provide temporary power.

Cobb schools WiFi bus hotspots include Wheeler cluster

September 15, 2020 7:31 AM by Wendy Parker

Cobb school bus safety

Starting Wednesday the Cobb County School District will roll out 27 buses equipped with WiFi hotspots to assist students who need Internet connectivity while all-remote learning continues.

Those buses will be going to 23 separate locations and the buses will be available for Internet use 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The district said in an announcement Tuesday that funding is coming from the Georgia Department of Education.

The locations include the following apartment complexes in the Wheeler High School cluster:

Westminster Square (2401 Windy Hill Road)—Wheeler, East Cobb MS, Brumby ES;
Riverstone (899 Powers Ferry Road)—Wheeler, East Cobb MS, Eastvalley ES;
Cumberland Crossing (1981 Hidden Glen Drive)—Wheeler, East Cobb MS, Powers Ferry ES;
The Villas at East Cobb (1049 Powers Ferry Road)—Wheeler, East Cobb MS, Eastvalley ES;
Landry at East Cobb dog park (2575 Delk Road)—Wheeler, East Cobb MS, Eastvalley ES;
Stratford Ridge (2560 Delk Road)—Wheeler, East Cobb MS, Eastvalley ES.

See the full list of bus locations here.

The district said that “the goal of the bus wifi program is to serve the maximum number of students who currently may not be participating in remote classes due to limited or no internet connectivity. Ideal locations around the county were determined by examining CTLS use and access.”

The district said it has distributed more than 300 WiFi hotspots to families and nearly 40,000 devices, with 38,000 requests for devices in the current school year alone

About 35,000 of those devices have been picked up.

The district has provided connectivity instructions for Windows 10 laptops, Chromebooks, and Apple tablets and phones.

Cobb schools reporting 216 total COVID-19 cases since July 1

September 14, 2020 4:03 PM by Wendy Parker

As students, parents, teachers and staff in the Cobb County School District prepare for a return to classroom learning starting in October, the district is providing COVID-19 case updates on a weekly basis.

The district reported that as of Friday, a total of 216 people have tested positive for the virus since July 1.

That’s a little more than double since “approximately 100” cases were confirmed in early August, also dating back to July 1.

As was the case last month, the district said it can’t be more specific about that information, including indicating how many staff and students have tested positive, or school locations where people have had cases of the virus confirmed by Cobb and Douglas Public Health.

The district is citing medical privacy laws “based on instruction provided by the Cobb and Douglas Public Health Department” for not saying more.

The weekly case figures will be updated every Friday through the end of the school year.

Cobb schools started all-remote on Aug. 17 due to what Superintendent Chris Ragsdale said was guidance from public health officials about “high community spread” of COVID-19.

Some staff and students have been on campuses and at district facilities, including athletes and others picking up textbooks and other class materials.

The district is the second-largest in Georgia with more than 112,000 students, and is Cobb County’s largest employer with more than 13,000 front office staff, principals, teachers, and support workers on the payroll.

Students will be able to return for in-person classes on Oct. 5, starting with K-5 and special education, followed by middle school on Oct. 19 and high school on Nov. 5.

School district staff members are also returning to schools on phased-in basis: elementary, Sept. 21; middle school Oct. 5 and high school Oct. 22.

As of Monday afternoon, there were 18,505 overall COVID-19 cases in Cobb County, the fourth-highest total in the state, with 1,520 coming in the last two weeks.

A total of 2,263 cases have been confirmed between ages 0-20 in Cobb, the fourth-highest of any age group.

But after a summer spike, Cobb’s average cases per 100,000 over the last two weeks has dropped to just under 200. One-hundred cases per 100,000 is considered high community spread, but Ragsdale said he was looking at getting that metric between 100-200 in order to reopen schools.

At one point, that figure was well over 400 cases per 100,000. Cobb has 413 deaths, second only to Fulton County, and 1,670 overall hospitalizations.

After the reopening announcement, the Cobb school district outlined health and safety protocols that include mask requirements for everyone and deep cleaning procedures.

The district said that anyone testing positive for COVID-19 will self-isolate for 10 consecutive days from the date of a positive test and is asymptomatic.

Students and staff also will have to go into quarantine if they have a suspected case and symptoms of the virus or were within close contact with someone who’s positive.

All schools will have designated isolation areas for anyone with COVID-19 symptoms.

Parents are in the process of choosing whether to let their students return to school or to remain all-remote through the end of the fall semester.

That deadline is this Sunday, Sept. 20. Once parents choose an option, they cannot change their minds before the end of the semester. More information can be found by clicking here.

Cobb schools to provide free student meals starting Sept. 14

September 9, 2020 2:17 PMSeptember 9, 2020 12:15 PM by Wendy Parker

Submitted information:

Following Superintendent Chris Ragsdale’s July 16 announcement that the 2020-2021 school year would start with a fully remote learning model, the Cobb Schools Food and Nutrition Services began preparing to provide breakfast and lunches to students in a way that best supports the remote environment.

Starting on September 14, parents will be able to pick-up free meal kits for the entirety of the week. Meal kits are available to all students ages 0-18 and children do not need to be enrolled in Cobb County School District.

Most Cobb schools will schedule meal kit pick-ups. Specific times and dates can be found on the Cobb Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) website. Families do not need to pre-order meal kits.

Food-Distribution Pricing

Meal kits are free for students, but family dinners and adult-only kits can still be ordered through the MyPaymentsPlus.com website. Families that would like to order more kits than they have students are also eligible to use their Free or Reduced-Priced benefits when ordering at MyPaymentsPlus.com.

Families who have not already applied should submit an application here to determine if they qualify for Free or Reduced-Priced benefits.

The to-go meal kits will include items that can be reheated at home. Reheating instructions and a menu will be provided in meal kits.

Food-Distribution Pickup

On the day of pickup, parents should plan to arrive at the school of their choosing at the designated time and date and let the Cobb FNS staff know how many meal kits are needed for children ages 0-18. Meal kits with breakfast and lunch meals will be provided and placed in the trunk or backseat of the car by Cobb FNS staff.

East Cobb students named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists

September 9, 2020 1:45 PMSeptember 9, 2020 8:44 AM by Wendy Parker

The first round of the National Merit Scholarship process for a new school year is underway, and a number of students from East Cobb high schools have been named semifinalists.

They’re among 16,000 nationwide vying for a variety of college scholarships whose recipients will be announced in the spring:

To become a Finalist, the Semifinalist and a high school official must submit a detailed scholarship application, in which they provide information about the Semifinalist’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received. A Semifinalist must have an outstanding academic record throughout high school, be endorsed and recommended by a high school official, and write an essay.

From the approximately 16,000 Semifinalists, about 15,000 are expected to advance to the Finalist level, and in February they will be notifi ed of this designation. All National Merit Scholarship winners will be selected from this group of Finalists. Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills, accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies, without regard to gender, race, ethnic origin, or religious preference.

LASSITER H. S.
Victoria Dutkiewicz
Aidan Payne
William Shutt

POPE H. S.
Allison D. Gentry
Ryan J. Meredith
Greg K. Park.
William G. Whitaker

SPRAYBERRY H. S.
Allison D. Mawn

WALTON H. S.
Sai Anoop Avunuri
Avi Balakirsky
Vedika Bhatnagar
Eric Brewster
Caroline Brooks
Tia Chacko
Jamison Clark
Emily Feren
Joseph Fisher
Cole Francis
Michael Fu
Nicholas Ge
Kathryn Gilk
Kamen Iliev
Alexander Krupp
Steven Liberman
Taneecia Natarajan Thirulokac
Aditya Palliyil
Emory Paul
Ronak Rana
Manuel Roglan
Shveta Shah
Banglue Wei
Grace Yan
Emily Yang

WHEELER H. S.
Vishaal Ganesh
Matthew House
Caroline Hugh
Anushka Jain
Vishaal Kareti
Dmitry Kozhanov
Oliver Long
David MacDonald
Samuel Maloney
Alexander Mena
Aryaman Mukherji
Michelle Namgoong
Nikki Nobari
Adetomi Oderinde
Elijah Reyelts
Manav Shah
Sanjay Srihari
Wesley Swanson
Aniketh Tadepalli
Rachel Toole
Erica Wu
Julie Yan
Charles Yu

Cobb schools provides more safety information for reopening

September 5, 2020 1:13 PM by Wendy Parker

Timber Ridge Elementary School, East Cobb Schools, Georgia milestones

Here’s a followup to Thursday’s announcement about classroom instruction resuming in October:

Cobb schools have put out a 16-page PDF with safety protocols and other measures that probably won’t answer all questions parents may have, but starting on Page 5 you’ll find more about the following:

Maintenance and daily cleaning
Transportation
Food service, virtual and in school
K-12 sample schedules

The tentative breakdowns for those returns are as follows: K-5 and special ed Oct. 5; middle school Oct. 19 and high school Nov. 5.

Starting Monday at 8 a.m., and continuing through Sept. 20, parents can choose which option—remote or in-person—they want for their children.

That option will continue through the end of the fall semester, and the Cobb County School District has said remote learning will be available for the rest of the 2020-21 academic year.

Teachers will be teaching students in their classrooms and remote at the same time.

More on health and safety protocols:

Positive COVID-19 tests

Masks are required for all teachers and employees and students returning to campus, as well as support staff like bus drivers.

The district said that anyone testing positive for COVID-19 will self-isolate for 10 consecutive days from the date of a positive test and is asymptomatic.

Students and staff also will have to go into quarantine if they have a suspected case and symptoms of the virus or were within close contact with someone who’s positive.

The district said it will inform those affected to stay home and will notify school officials if they have tested positive, have symptoms, are waiting for test results or are exposed to someone.

All schools will have designated isolation areas for anyone with COVID-19 symptoms.

Cleaning and sanitizing

The district said it’s in the process of having a fogging system put in place before students return, and each school will have fogging equipment and disinfectant.

All areas of school buildings—classrooms, administrative offices, break rooms, cafeterias, gymnasiums, etc.—will be disinfected and cleaned daily, especially “high touch points,” including countertops, desk tops, door handles and chairs.

Hand sanitizers will be provided at every school, and at numerous locations, including school entrances, and “good hygiene measures” including frequent handwashing will be practiced.

Students will be encouraged to bring their own water bottles and to avoid sharing food or snacks.

Masks, meals and buses

Social distancing measures and mask-wearing will be mandatory, although the district’s protocols indicate it will be “sensitive to needs of students/staff with medical issues that make wearing a face covering inadvisable.”

Mandatory mask use also applies to students riding a school bus. Drivers will be required to wear masks, and buses will be disinfected after every route.

As for food service, students who remain at home will be able to continue to receive prepaid weekly breakfasts and lunches. “Individual schools will determine where meals are served” for students who return to school.

Classroom schedules

As for classroom instruction, the current four-day schedule for all-remote learning will continue, both for virtual and on school campuses.

Wednesday will continue to be a day for independent study and individual and small group teacher-student meetings.

We’ll be contacting school district officials to get more information about these and other reopening issues in the coming weeks. If you have any questions you’d like us to ask, please e-mail: editor@eastcobbnews.com.

Cobb schools classroom return begins Oct. 5; masks required

September 3, 2020 1:27 PMSeptember 3, 2020 11:21 AM by Wendy Parker

Cobb school superintendent honored

The Cobb County School District on Thursday announced the dates for students returning to classroom instruction, starting with K-5 and special education students on Oct. 5.

Superintendent Chris Ragsdale said in an announcement posted on the district’s website and social media channels that the tentative starting date for middle school students will be Oct. 19, and high school school students will return on Nov. 5.

Those are all tentative dates, based on any COVID-19 conditions in Cobb County. More details on the reopening plan can be found here.

Here’s more that was released by the district right before 11 a.m., and this story will be updated:

Today, we are pleased to announce that the three parameters of community spread, effective contact tracing protocol, and efficient testing timeliness impacting our decision to offer face-to-face instruction have all been trending in a positive direction. This news allows us to announce the start date for our phased plan to provide both face-to-face and remote learning environments. On the Monday following Fall break, October 5th, 2020, we plan to begin Phase One of our return to face-to-face instruction. We trust that everyone will continue to do everything we can to keep the numbers moving in the right direction.

As we previously indicated, you will be able to submit your choice for face-to-face or remote beginning at 8:00 AM on September 7th through the ParentVue portal. The choice portal will close at midnight on September 20th.

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For more information visit: https://www.cobblearningeverywhere.com/

In a video portion of that presentation, Ragsdale also said the following:

“One critical aspect of our plan is that as parents choose either face-to-face or remote-learning classrooms, students will continue to be taught by their current teachers. Face-to-face and remote-learning students in the same class will receive the same instruction from the same teacher. This will prevent disruptions to existing relationships students have made with teachers and will protect teachers from being asked to do two jobs at the same time.”

Unlike Ragsdale’s original face-to-face learning plans that recommended but did not require mask-wearing, the district said today that masks will be mandatory for staff and students, in school buildings as well as on school buses.

Masks also will be required, “whenever possible, when teachers are teaching.”

Other safety protocols include social distancing when possible, hand sanitizing stations at multiple locations through school facilities, daily cleaning and limiting volunteers and visitors.

As for how breakfasts and lunches will be provided, the district is saying only for now that its food service staff “will will continue making sure our students have nutritious meals.”

The district said more details will be provided about reopening plans on Friday.

The Cobb school district was to have started the school year Aug. 1, but Ragsdale announced in June a delay to Aug. 17 as COVID-19 cases began spiking in the county and across Georgia.

The initial plan was to give parents a choice between classroom and virtual learning.

But in July, he told the Cobb Board of Education that the year would be starting online-only, due to continued high community spread of the virus.

Guidance from public health officials indicated that anything more than an average of 100 cases per 100,000 people is considered high community spread.

During mid-summer, that figure was well over 500 cases per 100,000. As of Wednesday, Cobb was averaging 235 cases per 100,000 over the last two weeks, within the range of what Ragsdale said he was targeting for a classroom return.

Those figures come from the Georgia Department of Public Health, which reported that Cobb County has 17,210 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 395 deaths, both among the highest figures in the state.

Ragsdale’s decision to switch to all-online learning angered some parents who staged rallies before the start of classes.

During the first two weeks of virtual learning, the district’s expanded online learning portal experienced several outages that further frustrated parents.

This week no seriously technology issues have been reported.

Parents will be able to select an online or classroom option starting Monday through Sept. 20.

Cobb schools creates status update for online learning portal

August 28, 2020 5:46 PMAugust 28, 2020 2:25 PM by Wendy Parker

The Cobb Teaching and Learning System, the online learning portal the Cobb County School District expanded for a virtual start to the school year, experienced some more technical issues on Friday morning.

Around 1 p.m. Friday, the district sent out a message to parents saying that around 20 percent of CTLS users experienced intermittent issues due to a hardware failure involving Amazon Cloud Services.

The CTLS system was taken down entirely at 12:45 p.m. for technology repairs, according to the district, which said as of 1:40 p.m. the full CTLS system was functioning and that all users were able to log in.

The district also announced it was providing a real-time status update for CTLS. On the bottom of the CTLS homepage, users can click on the button (shown above) to see which parts of the CTLS system may be down.

They’ll be directed to a Status Monitor page that shows the status of the 23 components of CTLS. That page also indicates when one of those components may be scheduled for maintenance.

Friday’s issues were the third time this week that the district had to address what it continues to call “intermittent” problems with CTLS. The first week of school last week also was affected by numerous problems with logging in and other technology issues and crashes.

Some parents posting comments in response to the status update feature said they were trying to be patient and said they like CTLS when it works.

One parent commented on the district’s Facebook page about the status update: “Awesome—will this have intermittent problems as well?!”

The Cobb school district also said Friday it is overhauling its main website to make it “more user friendly and more responsive for users” and offered a preview of the new homepage that will be noticeable over the weekend.

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