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Cobb superintendent search continues

By Jaime Sarrio
April 14, 2011

The Cobb school board will hold a closed meeting at 9 a.m. Friday to discuss the hiring of a new superintendent. The district, which is Georgia's second largest, is looking for a replacement for Fred Sanderson, who retires at the end of this school year. An attorney for the school board would not say whether the board was close to making a final decision.

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