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East Cobb PTA School Funding Forum is Wednesday

The meeting with Cobb school officials takes place at East Side Elementary School.

Cobb school superintendent Michael Hinojosa will serve as a panelist on school funding topics Wednesday at a forum sponsored by the East Cobb County Council of PTA

The meeting will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. at East Side Elementary School, 3850 Roswell Road.

Cobb school board chairman Randy Scamihorn and East Cobb-area school board representatives Scott Sweeney and David Banks also will be speak on the issue and answer questions. 

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The meeting is the latest organized by East Cobb groups to address the CCSD's projected $79 million budget deficit for fiscal year 2015. 

Last week, the Walton PTSA held a similar meeting in an effort to educate parents and lobby elected officials.

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On Dec. 12, FACE It Cobb, created by East Cobb parents to address school funding issues, also will have a meeting about the issue at the Infomart, 1582 Terrell Mill Road. 

That meeting takes place from 8-9:30 a.m. and the featured speakers are Claire Suggs, Senior Education Policy Analyst, Georgia Budget & Policy Institute; Hilda Wilkins, Retired Principal, Hightower Trail Middle School; and Matt Jones, Empower Ed Co-Founder and President, EmpowerEd Georgia.


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