Georgia's First Lady Sandra Deal is coming to Marietta this week to honor a middle school for what its students accomplished over the summer.
Students at Dodgen Middle School read 1,002,287 minutes this summer — more than any other school in the state.
Deal will speak at the school from 8:50 a.m. to 10 a.m. Wednesday.
Representatives from Scholastic, which sponsored the summer reading program, will also be there.
Here's how the next nine highest performing schools in Cobb fared:
» Dickerson Middle School: 420,260 minutes
» Blackwell Elementary School: 352,230 minutes
» Cheatham Hill Elementary School: 328,443 minutes
» Sope Creek Elementary School: 267,436 minutes
» Tritt Elementary School: 209,787 minutes
» Big Shanty Elementary School: 194,061 minutes
» Timber Ridge Elementary School: 188,818 minutes
» Garrett Middle School: 181,542 minutes
» Murdock Elementary School: 168,354 minutes
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