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Marietta, help develop plan for the Marietta City Schools

August 20, 2009 – 9:03 am

Marietta City Schools is beginning a strategic planning process to develop a blueprint for the school district. Parents, guardians and community members are invited and encouraged to participate in this strategic planning process by attending the Strategic Planning Community Engagement Forum from 6 to 9 p.m. August 25 at Marietta Middle School, 121 Winn Street. [...]

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National Job Crisis Starts to hit home – Marietta School System Layoffs

February 11, 2009 – 8:49 pm

When the caos of the economy started to hit in late 2008, I thought it would be time to start capturing all the massive amounts of layoffs to come in 2009 on a centralized web site: Job Cutters.

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The National Achievement® Scholarship Program recently named Marietta High School (MHS) senior Rodney Littlejohn

November 22, 2008 – 9:41 am

Marietta, GA – The National Achievement® Scholarship Program recently named Marietta High School (MHS) senior Rodney Littlejohn, among the 1,600 Black American students who qualify as Semifinalists in the 45th annual Achievement Scholarship® competition. Semifinalists are the highest-scoring program participants in their region. “Rodney Littlejohn is the son of one of our system educators. He [...]

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City of Marietta to build sidewalks and improve crosswalks in school zones

November 22, 2008 – 9:17 am

The city of Marietta and Marietta City Schools will apply for a grant worth up to $500,000 that will be used to build sidewalks and improve crosswalks in school zones. The city and school board should know if they received the money in March.

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Marietta High School students may now anonymously text message the school’s two campus police officers during school hours

October 22, 2008 – 7:14 am

You read it right. Welcome to 2008 and how students and police officers can work together to keep Marietta safe. Marietta High School students may now anonymously text message

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Sawyer Road Teacher Named 2008 Milken Award Winner

October 12, 2008 – 8:54 am

Congratulations to Sawyer Road Teacher Susan Grigg who was recently named 2008 Milken Award Winner. Susan is the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program Coordinator at Sawyer Road Elementary School in Marietta. She is one of two teachers named Georgia’s 2008 National Milken Educators of the Year. Susan received $25,000 and other prizes.

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Marietta Blue Devils suffer hard loss in final minutes

October 4, 2008 – 7:47 am

The last 4-5 minutes in a battle of Region 5AAAAA rivals Friday at Walter Cantrell Stadium was intense. McEachern’s Daniel King connected with Terrell Mitchell for two touchdown passes in the second half to help McEachern wipe out the 13-0 Blue Devil lead that was established early on in the game. The outcome? Blue Devils [...]

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Marietta Bus Driver Fired

October 4, 2008 – 7:23 am

It took just five minutes for the Marietta School Board to come to their decision to fire Marietta School bus driver Shaentha Mitchell. The September 12th incident was caught on video from a student’s cell phone and later posted to You Tube.

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Leigh Colburn named Marietta High School Distinguished Alumni

September 26, 2008 – 7:07 pm

Congratulations to Leigh Colburn! She will be accpeting the Award on October 12th at the MHS Alumni House and also recognized during the 10/17 MHS Homecoming game at 7:30pm. Marietta, GA – Marietta High School (MHS) Alumni Society has selected Marietta High School Principal, Leigh Colburn as the recipient of the 2008 Distinguished Alumnus Award. [...]

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Wisdom is not attained by Years, but by Ability

June 28, 2007 – 11:03 pm

So my brother in law snapped a picture for the site the other day, it was too good not to post and ask for comments – this quote was recently up in front of the Marietta Middle School. Is it just me or does this statement seem way out of line? What are your thoughts? [...]

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