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How Bloated is the Cobb County School District?

An East Cobb parent dug into some of the details, and says she didn't find much fat in the front office.

In her latest Town Square post on East Cobb Patch, Michelle Sollicito -- a parent in the Eastvalley Elementary School district -- writes that she recently went looking at some Cobb County School District numbers to find bloated spending, especially at the administrative level.

Initially she thought the salary package for Superintendent Michael Hinojosa was too high, but changed her mind on closer inspection.

"What I did find was a DIRE need for funds," she wrote, suggesting that more state funding be provided, and that changes in local taxing solutions also be considered.

Here's the full link to her article, and here's her previous commentary that she posted last month about the ongoing financial crisis within the Cobb school district.

Public meetings about the school funding issue are continuing in East Cobb as the Georgia legislature has convened; there's another scheduled for Jan. 23 at Lassiter High School. 

What do you think? Should administrative cuts be made at the Cobb County School District to help alleviate financial problems? Or should other funding sources be considered? Tell us in the comments.


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