Cobb selects 'teachers of the year'

Cobb's superintendent, Michael Hinojosa, surprised three teachers with "Teacher of the Year" awards Friday. Awards were presented to Carolyn Davis, a fifth grade teacher at Riverside Intermediate, Richard Kaht, a science teacher at Dickerson Middle School, and Beth Morgan, a language and humanities teacher at Lassiter High School. The teachers were selected by a committee of administrators and will now compete for the "District Teacher of the Year."

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Gilded Age tycoons built Jekyll’s doomed golf course. It’s been resurrected.

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Embattled Fulton judge sued over woman’s ‘illegal’ jailing

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A miserable loss leaves even less reason to believe in Falcons, Morris

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