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Walton High leads Cobb system in National Merit Scholarship semifinalists

By Ty Tagami
Sept 15, 2011

Walton High School led the Cobb County school system in the number of semifinalists for the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program.

The school produced 28 of the system's 63 semifinalists, followed by Wheeler with 16 and Campbell with five. Seven other high schools had four or fewer finalists: Harrison, Hillgrove, Kell, Kennesaw Mountain, Lassiter, North Cobb and Pope.

The students were among 16,000 semifinalists nationwide and can compete for 8,300 National Merit Scholarships offered in Spring 2012. Information: www.nationalmerit.org.

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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.

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