The district will offer the practice run on the eve of the first day of school.
Students will be allowed to bring water in containers with a secure lid or cap onto school buses during the months of August and September.
“As state money cannot be used to run the clinic, we simply no longer have the means to do so,” WellStar College of Health and Human Services Dean Richard Sowell said.
Thursday's special called meeting begins at 9 a.m.
School starts Aug. 7 in Cobb.
They were rated on a scale of one to three stars, with three stars being the highest rating a center can achieve.
Former Congressman Bob Barr was among those speaking out at Thursday's Cobb school board meeting.
Third- through eighth-graders had higher scores over 2012 in most subject areas.
Georgia Department of Education releases test results.
The school's board members include Smyrna City Councilwoman Melleny C. Pritchett, Smyrna education consultant Leo Smith and organizers of the Cherokee Charter Academy.
International Charter School of Atlanta would be open to all Georgia students.
The school board heard possible options in lieu of math textbooks, but took no action.
The announcement was made today.
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Meet the students who were tops in the class of 2013 at Allatoona, Harrison and North Cobb.
The Cobb County School District fared better than the state.
Parents and students in Acworth are invited to share with the community senior class pictures, and high school or college graduation photos in the gallery below.
Students will be released early at set times, depending on grade level, Wednesday and Thursday.
The $856.3 million budget approved Thursday includes 5 furlough days and 182 teacher cuts through attrition.
Both have a focus on the environment.
"You're going to destroy the county if you don't fix the problem," educators told school board members Wednesday.
Cobb and Cherokee county schools in Acworth fared well in the College and Career Ready Performance Index, which replaces Adequate Yearly Progress reports.
The school board has received two possible options as it moves closer to adopting the fiscal year 2014 budget.
The Allatoona and Lassiter boys and Walton and Kell girls are among the favorites as action starts Tuesday.
Ga. Dept. of Education releases new performance indicator.
The students have moderate to severe intellectual disabilities.
The school is the Governor's Red Ribbon contest winner for middle schools.
A North Paulding brother duo earned top honors in another field event Thursday.
Additional changes have been proposed to the $894 million budget approved by a 4-3 vote Monday.
The board of education is scheduled to take an initial vote at Monday's called work session.
The Cobb Board of Education voted to spend $1 million to install the devices in high schools.
Opposition to Common Core curriculum standards resulted in 4-3 votes against new texts starting with the 2013-14 academic year.
The Acworth elementary school was selected to represent Georgia in the National Green Ribbon Competition.
She'll play soccer there.
One metro Atlanta school is near the top of the 2013 list.
"At some point," Chairman Randy Scamihorn of North Cobb said, "we can't raise class size any more and we can't cut teachers. It's just physically impossible."
Ten other Cobb schools made the list.
The Board of Education continues its discussions at a 2 p.m. special meeting.
Three seniors are college-bound.