Fifth Graders Top Peers On New Georgia Writing Assessment
Fifth graders in the District performed well on the new Georgia writing assessment administered earlier this year. Cobb students had an average scale score of 216, compared to the state average of 209 and the metro average score of 213. District administrators were pleased to see that 78 percent of all Cobb students met or exceeded standards, a higher rate than their metro and state peers’ performance of 74 percent and 70 percent, respectively.
The new writing assessment includes information about student performance in different aspects of writing or domains. These domains include Ideas, Organization, Style, and Conventions. Read more...
SPLOST UPDATE:
The good news story of SPLOST continues for Cobb County taxpayers. In April 2007, the school board:
• Approved the final project closeout for Hillgrove High School. By certifying that all accounts for labor, materials and services for the project’s construction have been paid in full and that there are no claims of any nature outstanding, either liquidated or disputed, the District will be eligible to receive $1,643,121.90 in State Capitol Outlay Funds allocated for the project.
• Awarded a contract for the replacement of plumbing fixtures at three schools – Birney, Compton and Hollydale elementary schools. The $255,000 contract was awarded to Reliant Construction, Inc., of Alpharetta.
• Awarded a contract for the installation of HVAC in the gymnasiums of three schools – Awtrey and Tapp middle schools, and Eastvalley Elementary School. The contract for Awtrey Middle School was awarded to W.B. Wallis and Company of Scottdale, GA in the amount of $416,700. The contract for Tapp Middle School was awarded to John F. Pennebaker of Buford, GA in the amount of $177,262. The contract for Eastvalley Elementary School was awarded to E. Escher, Inc., of Roswell in the amount of $65,400.
• Awarded contracts for reroofing at Dickerson and Campbell middle schools, Brumby Elementary School and Rose Garden School. The projects will be funded using SPLOST I contingency funds. The Dickerson Middle School contract, which included reroofing the original building, was awarded to Premium Roofing Service of Avondale Estates, GA in the amount of $673,000. The Campbell Middle School and Rose Garden School contracts, which include reroofing the existing auditorium at Campbell and the entire facility at Rose Garden, was awarded to RYCARS Construction, LLC of Lithonia, GA in the amount of $182,826. The Brumby Elementary School contract, which includes reroofing the original round classroom building as well as the cafeteria and classroom addition in the primary school, was awarded to RYCARS Construction in the amount of $498,015.
• Awarded a contract for the replacement of sanitary sewer utilities and site work at five schools – Brumby, Clarkdale, Powers Ferry, and Skyview elementary schools, and McEachern High School. The $205,000 contract was awarded to Reliant Construction.
• Awarded a contract for walkway enclosure modifications at three schools – Hayes, Kennesaw and Tritt elementary schools. The Hayes Elementary contract, which includes enclosing the walkway between the original building and the 1996 classroom addition, was awarded to T.A. Millsap Construction, Inc., of Midway, GA in the amount of $298,000. The contract for Kennesaw Elementary, which includes enclosing the two walkways between the original building and the 1998 classroom addition, was awarded to Davidson Southern, Inc., of Marietta in the amount of $263,890. The contract for Tritt Elementary, which includes enclosing the walkways between the main building, the modular building, and the 2002 classroom addition, was awarded to T.A. Millsap Construction in the amount of $348,000.
• Authorized the additional purchase of desktop and laptop computers for schools as part of the Refresh Obsolete Workstations initiative in the SPLOST II program. The authorization will allow the District to complete the initiative well ahead of the original schedule.
These projects were part of the SPLOST II program approved in 2003. To view the agenda items for the projects, please click here.
Several changes to the 2007-08 school year calendar were presented to and approved by the Board of Education during its May 24 meeting. The changes respond to requests made by school administrators across the District and also adjust to recently released statewide testing schedules.
