Cobb school board meeting postponed for Yom Kippur

The Cobb County Board of Education is postponing this week’s regular meeting until next week in observance of the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, which begins at sundown Wednesday.

“We recognize that Yom Kippur is of vital importance to our Jewish community members and have decided to postpone our regular meeting to ensure that as many of our community members as possible can participate,” said a district news release.

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The board’s work session will begin at 2:30 p.m. Sept. 23, with a business meeting to follow at 7 p.m. that day, according to the news release.

The board will still meet in executive session at 2:30 p.m. Thursday for a student discipline hearing.

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