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DEL.ICIO.USHouse approves Cobb school redistricting bill
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Georgia House voted 111 to 47 today in favor of a contentious local bill dealing with school redistricting in Cobb County.
House Bill 1068, sponsored by Rules Committee Chairman Earl Ehrhart (R-Powder Springs), would prohibit the school system from using race as a factor in redrawing attendance lines for all public schools in Cobb County.
Ehrhart lives in the southwest Cobb area that would be affected by a pending Cobb County School Board decision to redraw attendance lines for McEachern High School and a new high school opening north of McEachern, which is off New Macland Road.
The Cobb schools proposal would redefine attendance areas to avoid an overwhelmingly black enrollment at McEachern.
Some lawmakers have protested Ehrhart’s involvement because students in his neighborhood would remain at McEachern. One of Ehrhart’s children is in middle school, about to attend high school.
Rep. Alisha Thomas Morgan (D-Austell) denounced Ehrhart’s bill and declared a vote for it as “voting for segregation in Cobb County.�
“I don’t believe it’s the case, in fact, I’m certain it’s not the case,� House Speaker Glenn Richardson (R-Hiram) said, cutting off Morgan’s microphone at one point in the debate.
Morgan and a handful of black House members protested the Legislature’s involvement in a local issue.
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By CaSandra Minichiello
January 25, 2006 02:01 PM | Link to this
OKay. I don’t get it. Ehrhart’s bill says that the school cannot use race as a factor…and Morgan denounced the bill.
Am I missing something? Why would she denounce it?
By Lisa Picciano
February 7, 2006 03:33 PM | Link to this
I do not support Rep. Ehrhart in his proposed bill plan. The Marietta Daily Journal seems to be in his wallet pocket. I would just like to know why this article states that the new school is located north of McEachern off of New Macland Road—-the new school is not located off New Macland, it is located off of Luther Ward Road.
Rep. Ehrhart does not speak for me nor for several of my neighbors.
Thank you for your time. Lisa