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Parents accuse communications office of misprioritizing funds, question lack of summer meals
Summary
During public comment, residents urged the Cobb County School District to address summer meal absence and criticized recognition and pay priorities, alleging the district spent $1,000,000 on its communications team instead of student meals or bus safety upgrades.
Several residents used the board’s public-comment period on June 12 to criticize the district’s priorities and to call attention to what they described as the communications office’s problematic conduct and spending.
Jennifer Susco asked directly, "What was the reason for leaving kids hungry this summer offering no meal program…
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