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Superintendent: district devices incompatible with ACT; staff who 'celebrated' campus murder placed on leave, two no longer with district

Cobb County School District Board · September 18, 2025
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Summary

Superintendent Ragsdale told the board the district's issued devices are incompatible with the digital ACT and said information will be posted online; he also said employees who publicly celebrated a recent university campus murder were put on administrative leave and two employees are no longer with the district.

Superintendent Mr. Ragsdale used the board meeting to offer condolences, give a technical update about college testing, and to condemn social-media posts by district employees praising a recent campus murder.

Ragsdale said miscommunication about which devices would work with the digital SAT/ACT had caused confusion. He told the board that students with district-provided devices "will not be able to utilize…

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