Two Cobb high schools awarded for performance
Hillgrove and Sprayberry high schools are among 26 schools to be named 2011 Georgia Schools of Excellence by the state Department of Education.
The program identifies two schools from each congressional district based on performance gains and test scores.
Both showed the greatest continuous gains in student achievement over the past three years, based on reading and mathematics performance on the Georgia High School Graduation Test. Each will receive a School of Excellence flag and a $1,000 award from program sponsor Georgia Natural Gas.
About the Author
Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.
