With more than 14,000 employees in the Cobb County School District, the goal of the Human Resources department is to professionally serve these "everyday heroes" at every opportunity. District employees are called "everyday heroes" because they have chosen to make children their top priority. Whether they keep the schools clean and safe, drive the buses that take children to and from school, serve them meals in the cafeteria, or teach them the lessons they'll need to be successful members of society, each of our employees is an important member of the Cobb County School District family. Each of them is helping to improve the lives and futures of our children —- heroes every day.

Human Resources is responsible for recruiting, retaining, developing, and properly assigning a highly skilled workforce to more than 100 sites throughout Cobb County. To handle the high volume of candidates interested in employment, an online application system was implemented. STAR, Strategic Application Recruitment System, will enhance the recruitment of certified, classified, administrative, and substitute teacher applicants.

Human Resources strives to establish a friendly, welcome environment and maintain high standards of quality customer service. This improved when the Employment and Employee Relations, Compensation, and Benefits departments relocated to additional office space, which is better equipped to handle new employee processing sessions, meetings, personnel records, and day-to-day operations. Human Resources believes large organizations do not have to be cold and impersonal, and each customer contact is an opportunity to reinforce employee value and retain their service with the District.

Each member of the Human Resources staff takes his or her job responsibility very seriously, knowing that providing professional service, prompt, accurate information and efficient, effective value to the taxpayers of Cobb County is of critical importance.

The Business Services Division continues to support the educational process by providing student meals, transporting students, maintaining the District’s fleet, and maintaining facilities that meet or exceed state and federal standards to foster a positive learning environment for students.

The division’s primary goal is to support the local school administration in a totally transparent manner to allow local school administrators to focus on student achievement.

• Facility Maintenance is responsible for 121 facilities with 13,271,860 square feet of floor space. The department maintains 2,803 acres of land.

• Fleet Maintenance is responsible for the repair and maintenance of the District’s 1,327 vehicles, as well as the annual inspection of the fleet by the Georgia Department of Public Safety.

• Food and Nutrition Services operates 102 cafeterias that provide meals meeting state and federal requirements to more than 84,000 students daily.

• Pupil Transportation provides safe reliable transportation for more than 73,000 students to and from school on a daily basis, traveling 63,986 miles per day.

Department of Public Safety - The District’s Department of Public Safety is responsible for ensuring that all Cobb County Schools are provided with a safe learning environment. The department includes 34 certified Law Enforcement Officers, who patrol Cobb’s high school and middle school campuses.

The department also includes a K-9 unit, which consists of a drug detection dog and an explosives detection dog. The department works in a coordinated effort with the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office and other local law enforcement agencies within the county.

Construction - The Construction Department oversees all Cobb County School District building projects throughout the school system. During SPLOST I (Special Purpose Local Options Sales Tax), CCSD completed over 1,000 construction projects.

In September 2003, the voters of Cobb County approved SPLOST II. As a result of that vote, seven new schools (one high school, three middle schools, and three primary schools) are currently under construction.  In addition, several schools are undergoing modifications, additions, and/or renovations to existing structures.  Barber Middle School, McCall Primary School, Riverside Primary School, and Austell Primary School will be opened at the beginning of the 2005-2006 school year.  Hillgrove High School, West Cobb Middle School, and Northwest Middle School will open the fall of 2006.

To ensure taxpayer dollars are spent effectively and efficiently, the Construction Department works directly with The Facility Group, the district's Program Manager.

Facility Use - The Facility Use department has the responsibility of coordinating use of school facilities, both inside areas and fields, by community groups.

In the past year, the department processed approximately 900 contracts for 465 different groups, including youth and adult sports leagues, homeowners’ associations, churches, language schools, boy scouts and girl scouts, police and fire departments, civic groups, and numerous others.

The Policy & Planning Division is responsible for many key administrative functions in the day-to-day operation of the School District, as well as fulfilling a significant role in several District long-range planning and improvement initiatives.

Areas of responsibility include:

• Coordinating and maintaining Board of Education policies and regulations;
• Coordinating the development, updating and monitoring the school District’s Strategic Plan;
• Facilitating the District-wide process of accreditation by the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools (SACS);
• Coordinating the development of District calendars;
• Facilitating responses to student issues, including enrollment, transfers,
custody, immunizations, and legal;
• Assisting with the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act;
• Facilitating appropriate interpretation of all student policies;
• Facilitating response to appeals of school policy interpretations relative to discipline;
• Conducting student disciplinary due process hearings;
• Overseeing all athletics, including scheduling and compliance of Title IX;
• Coordinating spring high school graduation ceremonies.