Critical Race Theory Slated For Cobb School Board Thursday - Marietta, GA - The Cobb County school board will discuss critical race theory at its meeting Thursday, with "potential action" possible.
Cobb County Schools cancel Ultra Violet light contract hours before FOX 5 I-Team investigation airs
Cobb County Schools decides to remove UVc lights
Cobb County Schools said they are removing special UV lights originally purchased to fight the COVID-19 virus in its schools.
MARIETTA, Ga - Late Wednesday, the FOX 5 I-Team prepared to air the second part of a two-part investigation of Cobb County School District spending and product safety, the county canceled one of its two controversial contracts.
The county announced it was removing all the newly installed Ultra Violet lights from eleven schools and asking for their money back from the company, ProkTek Life.
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Feb 12, 2021
KIDS CARE, a Marietta based nonprofit who creates, supports and implements youth community service projects, is hosting a food drive Saturday. Non-perishable food items are being collected to distribute to people who are homeless and food insecure in Cobb County. For a list of food items requested please see kids-care2018.org/food-items-needed-1
All donated food that is collected will be given to Cobb Senior Service, Center for Family Resources, The Salvation Army, and M.U.S.T. Ministries. These organizations, and many others in Cobb County, are graciously feeding the many people in our community who are food insecure. Donations can be made in three ways:
Atlanta Magazine
60 years of covering Atlanta: The 2000s
November 2004: OutKast ranked #6, right behind Ted Turner.
For our January 2021 issue, in honor of our 60th anniversary year, we dug through our archives to present a snapshot of the magazine during each of our six decades. We discovered groundbreaking work, inspiring stories, and, yes, some errors in judgement. Here’s what we found:
The ’00s in 8 Quotes
The city was full of bravado in the days before the Great Recession
“Phoenix Follies” (our annual “Worst of Atlanta” package)
December 2003
After adding stickers (which were later removed) calling evolution “a theory, not a fact” to textbooks, Cobb County was ranked No. 2 on the Campaign to Defend the Constitution’s top 10 “Islands of Ignorance” places where the separation of church and state is considered threatened. But Cobb School Board chair Kathie Johnstone was more concerned with geography, saying, “None of the places they’re listing a