Cobb cuts ribbon on new middle school

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Cobb cuts ribbon on new middle school

The new Betty Gray Middle School, open since August, was named after Cobb's first female principal and a former school board member who died in 2022.

Superintendent Chris Ragsdale cuts the ribbon at Betty Gray Middle School on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Photo courtesy Cobb County School District)

Betty Gray Middle School opened this year in Mableton at the site of the former Lindley 6th Grade Academy. The new school is named after Betty Gray, the first female principal in a Cobb County school. District officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the new facility on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Photo courtesy Cobb County School District/J and D Images)

Betty Gray Middle School opened this year in Mableton at the site of the former Lindley 6th Grade Academy. The new school is named after Betty Gray, the first female principal in a Cobb County school. District officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the new facility on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Photo courtesy Cobb County School District/J and D Images)

Betty Gray Middle School opened this year in Mableton at the site of the former Lindley 6th Grade Academy. The new school is named after Betty Gray, the first female principal in a Cobb County school. District officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the new facility on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Photo courtesy Cobb County School District/J and D Images)

Betty Gray Middle School opened this year in Mableton at the site of the former Lindley 6th Grade Academy. The new school is named after Betty Gray, the first female principal in a Cobb County school. District officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the new facility on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Photo courtesy Cobb County School District/J and D Images)

Betty Gray Middle School opened this year in Mableton at the site of the former Lindley 6th Grade Academy. The new school is named after Betty Gray, the first female principal in a Cobb County school. District officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the new facility on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Photo courtesy Cobb County School District/J and D Images)

Betty Gray Middle School opened this year in Mableton at the site of the former Lindley 6th Grade Academy. The new school is named after Betty Gray, the first female principal in a Cobb County school. District officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the new facility on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Photo courtesy Cobb County School District/J and D Images)

Betty Gray Middle School Principal I. Denise McGee and Superintendent Chris Ragsdale pose for a photo at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the school on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Photo courtesy Cobb County School District)

Betty Gray Middle School opened this year in Mableton at the site of the former Lindley 6th Grade Academy. The new school is named after Betty Gray, the first female principal in a Cobb County school. District officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the new facility on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Photo courtesy Cobb County School District/J and D Images)

Betty Gray Middle School opened this year in Mableton at the site of the former Lindley 6th Grade Academy. The new school is named after Betty Gray, the first female principal in a Cobb County school. District officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the new facility on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Photo courtesy Cobb County School District/J and D Images)

Betty Gray Middle School opened this year in Mableton at the site of the former Lindley 6th Grade Academy. The new school is named after Betty Gray, the first female principal in a Cobb County school. District officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the new facility on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Photo courtesy Cobb County School District/J and D Images)

Betty Gray Middle School opened this year in Mableton at the site of the former Lindley 6th Grade Academy. The new school is named after Betty Gray, the first female principal in a Cobb County school. District officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the new facility on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Photo courtesy Cobb County School District/J and D Images)

Betty Gray Middle School opened this year in Mableton at the site of the former Lindley 6th Grade Academy. The new school is named after Betty Gray, the first female principal in a Cobb County school. District officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the new facility on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Photo courtesy Cobb County School District/J and D Images)

Betty Gray Middle School opened this year in Mableton at the site of the former Lindley 6th Grade Academy. The new school is named after Betty Gray, the first female principal in a Cobb County school. District officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the new facility on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Photo courtesy Cobb County School District/J and D Images)

Betty Gray Middle School opened this year in Mableton at the site of the former Lindley 6th Grade Academy. The new school is named after Betty Gray, the first female principal in a Cobb County school. District officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the new facility on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Photo courtesy Cobb County School District/J and D Images)

Betty Gray Middle School opened this year in Mableton at the site of the former Lindley 6th Grade Academy. The new school is named after Betty Gray, the first female principal in a Cobb County school. District officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tours of the new facility on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Photo courtesy Cobb County School District/J and D Images)

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Superintendent Chris Ragsdale cuts the ribbon at Betty Gray Middle School on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (Photo courtesy Cobb County School District)

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