MARIETTA — Despite raising the alarm year after year, Cobb Superintendent Chris Ragsdale said the school district’s concerns over the growing rate of apartment development in the county was being met with “what seems to be just a lack of care.”
The superintendent called out the Cobb County Board of Commissioners, the city of Powder Springs and others involved in the zoning process during a presentation from education consultant James Wilson for the district’s annual demographics study.
During the school board’s Thursday afternoon work session, Wilson updated the board on population growth trends and indicators in Cobb, citing data from organizations like the U.S. Census Bureau, Atlanta Regional Commission and Department of Public Health…