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Cobb County board extends superintendent contract, approves personnel and opts out of state homestead process
Summary
At its Feb. 13, 2025 voting session the Cobb County School District Board of Education extended Superintendent Ragsdale's contract through Feb. 12, 2028, approved personnel and student-discipline recommendations, and voted to opt out of the House Bill 581 homestead exemption process; all recorded votes were 6-0.
The Cobb County School District Board of Education on Feb. 13, 2025, extended Superintendent Ragsdale's contract through Feb. 12, 2028, approved human-resources and student-discipline recommendations and voted to opt out of the House Bill 581 homestead-exemption process, with each recorded vote passing unanimously, 6-0.
Board action matters because the contract extension secures district leadership for three years and the opt-out vote implements the superintendent's recommendation to avoid a projected funding loss the administration said would total about $43,000,000 if the state process were adopted.
At the start of the action portion of the meeting, Chief Human Resources Officer Keely Bowen presented the personnel report for Feb. 13, 2025, noting there were “no principal level or…
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