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RANDI SCAMIHORN • POST [email protected] represented in Post 1: High Schools: Allatoona, Kennesaw Mountain, North Cobb; Middle Schools: Awtrey, Barber, Durham, McClure, Pine Mountain; Elementary Schools: Acworth, Baker, Bullard, Frey, Hayes, Kennesaw, Lewis, McCall Primary, Pickett’s Mill.

TIM STULTZ • POST [email protected] represented in Post 2: High Schools: Campbell, Osborne, Oakwood Digital Academy, H.A.V.E.N. Academy, Adult Education Center; Middle Schools: Campbell, Floyd, Griffin, Lindley 6th Grade Academy, Lindley Middle; Elementary Schools: Belmont Hills, Birney, Brown, Fair Oaks, Green Acres, LaBelle, King Springs, Nickajack, Norton Park, Russell-new Smyrna replacement elementary school.

DAVID MORGAN • POST [email protected] represented in Post 3: High Schools: Pebblebrook, South Cobb; Middle Schools: Cooper, Garrett, Tapp; Elementary Schools: Austell, Bryant, Clarkdale, Clay, Compton, Harmony-Leland, Hendricks, Mableton, Powder Springs, Riverside Primary, Riverside Intermediate, Sanders.

KATHLEEN ANGELUCCI • POST [email protected] represented in Post 4: High Schools: Kell, Sprayberry; Middle Schools: Daniell, McCleskey, Palmer; Elementary Schools: Addison, Bells Ferry, Big Shanty, Blackwell, Chalker, Keheley, Kincaid, Nicholson, Pitner, Rocky Mount.

DAVID BANKS • POST [email protected] represented in Post 5: High Schools: Las-siter, Pope; Middle Schools: Hightower Trail, Mabry, Simpson; Elementary Schools: Davis, East Side, Eastvalley, Garrison Mill, Mountain View, Murdock, Powers Ferry, Sedalia Park, Shallowford Falls, Powers Ferry, Tritt.

SCOTT SWEENEY • POST [email protected] represented in Post 6: High Schools: Walton, Wheeler; Middle Schools: Dickerson, Dodgen, East Cobb; Elementary Schools: Argyle, Brumby, Mount Bethel, Sope Creek, Teasley, Timber Ridge.

BRAD WHEELER • POST [email protected] represented in Post 7: High Schools: Har-rison, Hillgrove, McEachern; Middle Schools: Lost Mountain, Lovinggood, Smitha; Elementary Schools: Cheatham Hill, Dowell, Due West, Ford, Hollydale, Kemp, Milford, Still, Varner, Vaughan.

Cobb County Board of EducationThe Cobb County Board of Education consists of seven elected members who appoint a superintendent responsible for the administration of the system. Elected to serve four-year terms, each school board member votes on issues that affect school curriculum and instruction, auxiliary services, personnel and administration. The Board of Education meets twice each month. The first meeting is a work session held the second Wednesday of each month at 8:30am. The Board meets again the fourth Thursday of each month to vote on agenda items developed at the work session. The Thursday meetings begin at 7pm.

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The Cobb County Board of Education approved a $900 million balanced budget for Fiscal Year 2015 during its May 29 meeting, funding a full 180-day school year and adding more than 300 teachers to reduce class sizes district-wide. The new budget includes no furlough days, a 1 percent par-tial salary restoration and provides for full step pay increases for eligible employees. A boost in both state funding and additional local property tax revenue helped bolster a more positive financial outlook for the 2014-2015 school year. Fiscal Year 2015 begins July 1, 2014 and runs through June 30, 2015.

The FY2015 General Fund budget anticipates $862,429,012 in revenue and $900,243,511 in expenditures, based on an anticipated student enrollment of 111,459 (including two charter schools, the Devereux Ackerman Academy and Pre-Kindergarten). Following several years of declining state and local revenue that resulted in cuts in per-sonnel, salary reductions and furlough days, the FY2015 bud-get represents a much brighter fiscal outlook as revenues have returned to the positive. The General Fund budget includes significant boosts to the district’s two main sources of revenue – an additional $20.1 million from the state and

$21.3 million in local property taxes – both a product of an improving economy. The budget also includes more than $13 million in carryover “lapse” funds that were budgeted for the current fiscal year but were not spent due to frugal management. Finally, to balance the budget the school board approved using at least $24.6 million in reserve funds, which still leaves the district with more than $95 million in fund balance, safely above the recommended one-month’s operating reserve.

The additional teachers that will be hired will help reduce class sizes by approximately one student on aver-age across the district. With no furlough days, the 2014-2015 school year will be the first complete 180-day school year since 2009-2010. The newly approved budget includes funds to hire additional administrators at 15 schools, as well as additional police officers to enhance school safety.

Detailed information and documentation about the approved Fiscal Year 2015 budget and development pro-cess are available under the Finance and Budget section of the Cobb County School District website: www.cobbk12.org.

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The Cobb Chamber is look-ing for business and community leaders to participate in the Teacher for a Day program on Wednesday, October 2, for Cobb County Schools and Tuesday, September 23, for Marietta City Schools.

This innovative program asks the local business community to take a day away from the office and spend it in a classroom. Teacher for a Day gives business executives a true picture of pub-

lic education in action. In one day you’ll see first-hand both the strengths and challenges that schools and teachers face.

The Cobb Chamber will place volunteers in Cobb and Marietta City schools to experience a day in the shoes of a teacher. Volunteers will work side-by-side with a Cobb County or Marietta City Teacher of the Year for a full school day. Applications are due Friday, August 8.

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Welcome to the 2014-15 school year. This year the theme for the East Cobb County Council of PTAs (ECCC PTA) is “Together We Touch the Future.” As parents, as PTA vol-unteers, as teachers, as administrators and as a community, together we strive to help our children to grow and to learn. There is nothing more important than our children. We want their education to prepare them to thrive – as individuals, at work, within their family and as part of their community. A high quality education is indispensable in an increasingly competitive world – and our efforts to support education are essential for our children’s success and critical to the vitality of our families, businesses and communities. With our efforts we will make a difference – and we will touch the future.

The ECCC PTA is made up 35 local PTAs, whose volunteers offer their time, energy and skill to support our teachers and principals – who do their best, every day, to give our children an excellent education. The ECCC PTA and our local PTAs provide programs that enrich the student learning experience. East Cobb PTAs contribute funding to enhance science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) curriculum, to expand the offerings in media centers and to provide access to reading and math software that supplement academic progress. PTA family engagement efforts reach out to involve parents in their children’s education. Our legislative teams educate our community about issues that impact education quality – and this fall, they will be actively providing nonpartisan voting information and reminders about the November election. Our membership teams have developed an impressive portfolio of business partners who offer useful discounts and benefits to PTA members. The PTA Reflections program

PTAs Welcome a New School Year By Anne Davidson, President, East Cobb County Council of PTAs


presents students a chance to demonstrate talent in the arts – through writing, drawing, painting, photography, dance, music and other genres. Our PTAs celebrate and embrace the diversity in our communities, encourage community service, facilitate programs to enhance environmental education and share best practices on health and wellness. East Cobb PTA organized activities – such as fall fairs, fun runs, class picnics, multicultural events, field days and school dances – cultivate a spirit of family and community.

We invite you to join us – our local PTAs, the ECCC PTA, the 9th District PTA, the Georgia and National PTAs – to support our schools, to strengthen our children’s edu-cational success and to improve our children’s opportu-nities for a better future. Our PTA members are parents, grandparents, students, teachers, school administra-tors and community and business partners. We have a shared goal that our children receive a high quality edu-cation so that they may reach their fullest potential. Let’s work together to make that reality. Together we touch the future – for every child, for every family, for every community. “Every Child. One Voice.”

Anne Davidson is the 2014-15 president of the East Cobb County Council of PTAs (ECCC PTA). She lives in Sibley Forest with her husband, Matt Njaa, and her two boys, Matthew (10) and Nate (9), who attend Sope Creek Elementary School. Anne is a volunteer for the ECCC PTA, the Sope Creek Elementary School PTA and in her community. Photo: Julia Curran Photography

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Addison ES • 7:45am - 2:15pm3055 Ebenezer Road, Marietta, GA 30066770-578-2700 • www.cobbk12.org/addisonPrincipal: Susan Hallmark • # of students: 589

Bells Ferry ES • 7:50am - 2:20pm 2600 Bells Ferry Road, Marietta, GA 30066678-594-8950 • www.cobbk12.org/bellsferryPrincipal: Ladonna Starnes • # of students: 597

Blackwell ES • 7:50am - 2:20pm3470 Canton Road, Marietta, GA 30066678-494-7600 • www.cobbk12.org/blackwellPrincipal: Dr. Maurine Kozol • # of students: 713

Brumby ES • 7:50am - 2:20pm1306 Powers Ferry Road, Marietta, GA 30067770-916-7070 • www.cobbk12.org/brumbyPrincipal: Dr. Amanda Richie • # of students: 1,042

Davis ES • 7:55am - 2:20pm2433 Jamerson Road, Marietta, GA 30066678-494-7636 • www.cobbk12.org/davisPrincipal: Dr. Dee Mobley • # of students: 582

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Education Stats: East Cobb Elementary SchoolsEvery school year, Cobb County students are tested on a variety of state and system-wide assessments. The Iowa Tests of Basic

Skills (ITBS) is administered in September to students in grades 3, 5 and 7. Administration of the ITBS allows the district to compare the performance of students to that of other students across the nation who took the same test at the same time of year. According to the results noted below, East Cobb Cobb County elementary school students performed well above the national average on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills. For complete results visit www.cobbk12.org. KEY: Percentile:%; Above Average: 77-99%tile; Average: 23-76%tile; Below Average: 1-22%tile; National Average: 50%tile. National Grade Equivalent (GE) for Third Grade: 3.2. National Grade Equivalent (GE) for Fifth Grade: 5.2.

East Side ES • 7:50am - 2:20pm3850 Roswell Road, Marietta, GA 30062770-578-7200 • www.eastsideelementary.comPrincipal: Elizabeth Mavity • # of students: 1,300

Eastvalley ES • 7:55am - 2:25pm2570 Lower Roswell Road, Marietta, GA 30067770-578-7214 • www.cobbk12.org/eastvalleyPrincipal: Karen Wacker • # of students: 698

Garrison Mill ES • 7:55am - 2:25pm4111 Wesley Chapel Road, Marietta, GA 30062770-642-5600 • www.cobbk12.org/garrisonmillPrincipal: Kyle Giesler • # of students: 674

Keheley ES • 7:50am - 2:20pm1985 Kemp Road, Marietta, GA 30066678-494-7836 • www.cobbk12.org/keheleyPrincipal: Liz Jackson • # of students: 483

Kincaid ES • 7:50am - 2:20pm1410 Kincaid Road, Marietta, GA 30066770-578-7238 • www.cobbk12.org/kincaidPrincipal: Cheryl Mauldin • # of students: 740

Mt. Bethel ES • 7:45am - 2:15pm1210 Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta, GA 30068770-578-7248 • www.cobbk12.org/mtbethelPrincipal: Jessica Appleyard • # of students: 1,008

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Education Stats: East Cobb Elementary Schools

Mt. View ES • 7:55am - 2:25pm3448 Sandy Plains Road, Marietta, GA 30066770-578-7265 • www.mountainviewelementary.comPrincipal: Dr. Renee Ingram Garriss • # of students: 832

Murdock ES • 7:55am - 2:25pm2320 Murdock Road, Marietta, GA 30062770-509-5071 • www.cobbk12.org/murdockPrincipal: Lynn Hamblett • # of students: 859

Nicholson ES • 7:50am - 2:20pm1599 Shallowford Road, Marietta, GA 30066770-928-5573 • www.cobbk12.org/nicholsonPrincipal: Joan Johnson • # of students: 497

Powers Ferry ES • 7:50am - 2:20pm1845 Powers Ferry Road, Marietta, GA 30067770-578-7936 • www.cobbk12.org/powersferryPrincipal: Rattana Inthirathvongsy • # of students: 438

Rocky Mount ES • 7:45am - 2:10pm2400 Rocky Mount Road, Marietta, GA 30066770-591-5050 • www.cobbk12.org/rockymountPrincipal: Gail May • # of students: 593

Sedalia Park ES • 7:50am - 2:20pm2230 Lower Roswell Road, Marietta, GA 30067770-509-5162 • www.cobbk12.org/sedaliaparkPrincipal: Jennifer Lawson • # of students: 817

Shallowford Falls ES • 7:50am - 2:20pm3529 Lassiter Road, Marietta, GA 30062770-642-5610 • www.cobbk12.org/shallowfordfallsPrincipal: Felicia Angelle • # of students: 657

Sope Creek ES • 7:50am - 2:20pm3320 Paper Mill Road, Marietta, GA 30067770-916-7085 • www.cobbk12.org/sopecreekPrincipal: Martha Whalen • # of students: 1,183

Timber Ridge ES • 7:50am - 2:20pm5000 Timber Ridge Road, Marietta, GA 30068770-642-5621 • www.cobbk12.org/timberridgePrincipal: Adam Hill • # of students: 611

Tritt ES • 7:55am - 2:25pm4435 Post Oak Tritt Road, Marietta, GA 30062770-642-5630 • www.cobbk12.org/trittPrincipal: Tricia Patterson • # of students: 926

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Cobb County School - Average Scores

Daniell MS • 9:15am - 4:15pm2900 Scott Road, Marietta, GA 30066678-594-8048 • www.cobbk12.org/daniellPrincipal: David Nelson • # of students: 980

Dickerson MS • 9:15am - 4:15pm855 Woodlawn Road, Marietta, GA 30068770-578-2710 • www.cobbk12.org/dickersonPrincipal: Dr. Carole Brink •# of students: 1,241

Dodgen MS • 9:15am - 4:15pm1725 Bill Murdock Road, Marietta, GA 30062770-578-2726 • www.cobbk12.org/dodgenPrincipal: Phil Wilkes •# of students: 1,162

East Cobb MS • 9:15am - 4:15pm380 Holt Road Marietta, GA 30068770-578-2740 • www.cobbk12.org/eastcobbPrincipal: Tiffany Honoré •# of students: 1,284

Hightower Trail MS • 9:15am - 4:15pm3905 Post Oak Tritt, Marietta, GA 30062770-578-7225 • www.cobbk12.org/hightowertrailPrincipal: Laura Montgomery •# of students: 1,016

Mabry MS • 9:15am - 4:15pm2700 Jims Road, Marietta, GA 30066770-928-5546 • www.cobbk12.org/mabryPrincipal: Merrilee Heflin •# of students: 896

McCleskey MS • 9:15am - 4:15pm4080 Maybreeze Road, Marietta, GA 30066770-928-5560 • www.cobbk12.org/mccleskeyPrincipal: Claire Lyons •# of students: 712

Simpson MS • 9:15am - 4:15pm3340 Trickum Road, Marietta, GA 30066770-971-4711 • www.cobbk12.org/simpsonPrincipal: Dr. Andrew Bristow •# of students: 900

Education Stats: East Cobb Middle SchoolsEvery school year, Cobb County students are tested on a variety of state and system-wide assessments. The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills

(ITBS) is administered in September to students in grades 3, 5 and 7. Administration of the ITBS allows the district to compare the perfor-mance of students to that of other students across the nation who took the same test at the same time of year. According to the results noted below, East Cobb County middle school students performed well above the national average on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills. For complete results visit www.cobbk12.org. KEY: Percentile:%; Above Average: 77-99%tile; Average: 23-76%tile; Below Average: 1-22%tile; National Average: 50%tile. National Grade Equivalent (GE) for Seventh Grade: 7.2

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SAT Stats: East Cobb High Schools

The Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) and the American College Testing (ACT) are offered by The College Board several times during the year. These tests are not required by the state or school system, and are not administered by Cobb schools; however, most colleges and universities use SAT and/or ACT scores in determining student admission. The SAT is used to predict a student’s potential for success in the first year of college and is required for admission to most col-leges and universities. Most college-bound students take one or both of these tests during either their junior or senior year. The following chart displays SAT scores from the Class of 2013 (the last available scores released from Cobb County School District) attending East Cobb high schools. For complete results visit www.cobbk12.org.

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Kell High School • 8:35am - 3:25pm4770 Lee Waters Road, Marietta, GA 30066678-494-7844 • www.cobbk12.org/kellPrincipal: Edward Wagner • # of students: 1,531

Lassiter HS • 8:35am - 3:25pm2601 Shallowford Road, Marietta, GA 30066678-494-7863 •www.lassiter.orgPrincipal: Dr. Chris Richie • # of students: 2,015

Pope HS • 8:25am - 3:25pm3001 Hembree Road, Marietta, GA 30062770-578-7900 • www.cobbk12.org/popePrincipal: Dr. Robert Downs• # of students: 1,815

Sprayberry HS • 8:35am - 3:25pm2525 Sandy Plains Road, Marietta, GA 30066770-578-3200 • www.cobbk12.org/sprayberryPrincipal: John P. Kelly • # of students: 1,734

Walton HS • 8:35am - 3:25pm1590 Bill Murdock Road, Marietta, GA 30062770-578-3225 • www.cobbk12.org/waltonPrincipal: Judith McNeill • # of students: 2,686

Wheeler HS • 8:35am - 3:25pm375 Holt Road, Marietta, GA 30068770-578-3266 • www.cobbk12.org/wheeler Principal: David Chiprany • # of students: 2,086

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Mt. Bethel Christian Academy Opens Upper School

With the addition of a new Upper School cam-pus, Mt. Bethel Christian Academy becomes the first and only faith-based, K-12 independent school in East Cobb. On April 30, 2014, Mt. Bethel finalized the acqui-sition of 32 acres near the corner of Post Oak Tritt Road and Holly Springs Road. The site had been owned by the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta, which had operated it as a preschool and athletic rec-reation facility for several decades.

Mt. Bethel Christian Academy was founded in 1998 by a church whose East Cobb roots go back well over a hundred years. Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church has been a mainstay of the community since 1840. In its first sixteen years, Mt. Bethel Christian Academy has grown from a starting class of twenty-five kinder-gartners to 540 students in grades K-8th. And now, with the addition of an Upper School campus serving grades 9-12, the school is poised to grow further still. Enrollment growth at the Upper School is planned in two phases. Phase One allows for a total of 160-180 students. Phase Two, which will require the addition of new classroom space, will push enrollment to a maxi-mum of 450 students - approximately 110 per grade level. Applications for the Class of 2018, Mt. Bethel’s founding class of freshmen, are being accepted now for enrollment this August. To accommodate families moving into the area or those who may be considering a school change, enrollment will continue into the fall as space permits.

College-preparatory in its approach, Mt. Bethel’s Upper School curriculum is designed to challenge stu-dents with honors and AP courses offered in all core subjects. Students will be guided through the rigorous curriculum by expert teachers. The founding faculty of the Upper School are deeply experienced, certi-fied educators who welcome the opportunity to form deep, impactful relationships with students.

For students interested in athletics, the new Upper School campus abounds with opportunity. The expan-sive facilities include tennis courts, swimming pool, cross country course, indoor and outdoor gymnasiums, fully equipped fitness center, baseball field, and activity field. In addition, the campus features a two-acre pond which will be used for recreation as well as experiential learning as it is incorporated into the science curriculum.

Over the course of a high school career, the typical student will spend nearly 5,000 hours in direct contact with his teachers and coaches. Outside of their parents, these relationships may well be the most important in a student’s life. Mt. Bethel faculty take seriously their responsibility to be Godly role models for students who are being prepared academically, physi-cally and spiritually to leave home, move on to suc-cess in college, career and community.

To learn more about Mt. Bethel Christian Academy, visit www.mtbethelchristian.org or contact Jackie Grasty, Director of Admission at 770-971-0245.



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MEAN SCALE SCORE

5th GRADE WRITING ASSESSMENT*

* Schools are placed from highest to lowest scores

COBB COUNTY 218GEORGIA 214TRITT ES 247ROCKY MOUNT ES 242MT. BETHEL ES 239EASTSIDE ES 239SOPE CREEK ES 237KINCAID ES 237SHALLOWFORD FALLS ES 232KEHELEY ES 231TIMBER RIDGE ES 229MURDOCK ES 228BLACKWELL ES 228DAVIS ES 227GARRISON MILL ES 224SEDALIA PARK ES 223ADDISON ES 220EASTVALLEY ES 214MT. VIEW ES 212NICHOLSON ES 211POWERS FERRY ES 210BRUMBY ES 209BELLS FERRY ES 208

The Fifth Grade Writing Assessment was administered to 8,061 students in March 2014, requiring fifth graders to write a composition on an assigned topic. Trained evaluators score each student paper based on the four domains of effective writing: Ideas, Organization, Style, and Conventions. The test results are designed to help students, teachers and parents understand specific areas where students may need to focus their efforts to improve writing skills during middle school. Student composition skills are evaluated again during eighth grade and assessed prior to graduation with the Georgia High School Writing Test.

The scale score range for the Grade 5 Writing Assessment is 100 to 350, and scores are reported in the following performance levels: Does Not Meet (100-199), Meets (200-249), and Exceeds (250-350). Summary data for the Fifth Grade Writing Assessment by may be found on the Cobb School District’s website, www.cobbk12.org. The following chart displays the scores of East Cobb Schools.

Fifth Grade Writing Scores Hold Steady


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