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The Cobb Board of Education will hold a special called meeting Thursday to discuss personnel matters.

The board will meet at 12 p.m. in the board room of the Cobb County School District Central Office (514 Glover St., Marietta).

According to a notice on the district website, the board “may then reconvene in open session to take action on items from Executive Session, if necessary.”

Public elected bodies in Georgia may meet in executive session for personnel, land and legal reasons, and school boards also may meet behind closed doors for student disciplinary matters.

Thursday’s meeting will place just before the Cobb school district’s 2022-23 academic year begins on Monday, Aug. 1.

The board must approve staff appointments at the principal level or above, including certain central office positions.

Walton High School in East Cobb will be getting a new principal after former principal Catherine Mallanda was named the district’s chief academic officer earlier this month.

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The Cobb Board of Education will hold a special called meeting on Thursday to discuss legal matters, according to a notice posted on by the Cobb County School District website Monday.

The notice says the meeting will begin at 1 p.m. in the board room of the CCD central office (514 Glover St., Marietta) and then the board will convene to an executive session.

Elected bodies can discuss land, legal and personnel matters in executive sessions.

The district message didn’t elaborate what specific legal issues will be discussed.

On Friday, four parents with students in the Cobb school district filed a federal lawsuit, claiming COVID-19 protocols are preventing their medically fragile children from getting a proper education under the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Cobb schools is one of the few districts in metro Atlanta with a masks-optional policy, which the lawsuit cites, along with other distancing and safety measures the plaintiffs have alleged are not adequate.

In response to a request from East Cobb News for comment about the lawsuit, a district spokeswoman said this on Monday:

“As is the case with any issue, individual student needs are supported on a student-by-student basis and we actively encourage any student or family to discuss their needs with their local school. We cannot comment on pending lawsuits but appreciate the support of Nelson Mullins on all legal matters concerning the school district.”

The Cobb school district also is awaiting a report from its accrediting agency, which conducted a special review in August after getting complaints from three board members and 50 community members about governance, equity and academic performance issues.