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.
The school's board members include Smyrna City Councilwoman Melleny C. Pritchett, Smyrna education consultant Leo Smith and organizers of the Cherokee Charter Academy.
The Smyrna area school's athletes were named to the Boys and Girls All-State Golf Team and First Team All-County Lacrosse.
Smyrna Elementary PTA is collecting donations to help cover the cost of a mural being painted by a local artist.
The school board heard possible options in lieu of math textbooks, but took no action.
The announcement was made Wednesday.
Parents and students are invited to share with the community senior class pictures, and high school or college graduation photos in the gallery below.
Meet the students who were tops in the class of 2013 at Campbell.
The Cobb County School District fared better than the state.
Students will be released early at set times, depending on grade level, Wednesday and Thursday.
The new elementary school will open this fall.
The $856.3 million budget approved Thursday includes 5 furlough days and 182 teacher cuts through attrition.
"You're going to destroy the county if you don't fix the problem," educators told school board members Wednesday.
She is one of 1,000 winners of the prestigious scholarship, which is funded by a $1.6 billion grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The public is invited to comment on the tentative fiscal year 2014 budget.
The school board has received two possible options as it moves closer to adopting the fiscal year 2014 budget.
Rev. R.V. Brown, president of Outreach to America’s Youth, will speak at Whitefield's commencement.
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 Thursday 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.
One metro Atlanta school is near the top of the 2013 list.
Tentative approval of the fiscal year 2014 budget has been pushed back to next Monday.
Ten other Cobb schools also made the list.
The Board of Education continues its discussions at a 2 p.m. special meeting.
But school board members remain divided over how to balance the numbers for fiscal year 2014.
Today's work session will include an update on ways to close a deficit of nearly $86.4 million.
The dual master-degree educator joins Whitefield Academy’s leadership team.
Stumped on what to do with the kids all week? Here are a few suggestions.
Details of suggested cuts to close an $86.4 million budget deficit weren't received well at a work session Wednesday.
Wednesday's session will include more details on addressing an estimated $86.4 million deficit for fiscal year 2014.
They are among the 86 participants selected from the Cobb County School District.
Not much change at Campbell, Griffin and Smitha middle schools from 2012.
Georgia law requires that kindergarten students be five years old on or before Sept. 1.
Teacher layoffs have not been recommended as the projected budget deficit for fiscal year 2014 has increased to $86.4 million.
Campbell's Baseball Program recently hosted an appreciation night for staff members who had inspired students or had a positive life influence.
Details of proposed school maintenance and construction work subject to Tuesday's Cobb Education sales tax referendum.
Tuesday's referendum is expected to be close as the sales tax extension gets a key endorsement.