how bad is the "Osborne" School district in Marietta (Atlanta: transfer, neighborhoods)

[nb1968]

I have been told that Marietta is great, but stay out of the Osborne school district.
Is it that bad? Or is it "bad" by suburban standards, and not nearly as bad as inner city ghetto schools.

[Saintmarks]

Originally Posted by nb1968

I have been told that Marietta is great, but stay out of the Osborne school district.
Is it that bad? Or is it "bad" by suburban standards, and not nearly as bad as inner city ghetto schools.

Exactly your final statement. Osborne has many good attributes, but has the disadvantage of perception being a part of an excellent suburban school system that has (arguably) some of the finest public schools in the state. To be on the low end of the totem pole in Cobb could still be an otherwise fine school in other districts.

[jtmarsh99]

Osbourne is pretty bad from what I understand. Their CRT scorces are some of the lowest in Atlanta. I don't have kids but I if I did I would send my kids to a private school instead of that hovel. The area that feeds that school is "working class".

Most of the kids are on subsided lunches and most of the parents there don't have a college eduaction. Osbourne has not met AYP in the past couple of years.

I am African American(just thought I'd throw that in. Just in case the race card comes up) myself and I think education is very important. So if you care about your child's education take advantage of the voucher program that is offered there. This will allow you to send your child to a better school like Walton.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by jtmarsh99

So if you care about your child's education take advantage of the voucher program that is offered there. This will allow you to send your child to a better school like Walton.

How does that program work?

[MathmanMathman]

Originally Posted by nb1968

I have been told that Marietta is great, but stay out of the Osborne school district.

I wouldn't call Marietta great. I think it has been in a slow decline. I guess the better schools in Cobb are in the north and east.

[rcsteiner]

Originally Posted by MathmanMathman

I wouldn't call Marietta great. I think it has been in a slow decline. I guess the better schools in Cobb are in the north and east.

Better high schools, anyway. I've heard good things about some of the elementary schools in southeast Cobb (Nickajack, etc.), but I suspect that comes from the fact that younger families with money (and who are involved with their kids) have moved into the area.

[lastminutemom]

It is not a voucher program, but a transfer program when schools fail to meet AYP. But the state has applied to the Federal government for a waiver of many of the NCLB requirements, and you can't count on transfers being available moving forward.

If you are local, go visit the school and check it out for yourself.

[lorilove]

If you are looking at schools in South Cobb - Campbell would be the better choice. I believe Nickajack feeds Cambell via Cambell Middle.

[Saintmarks]

Originally Posted by MathmanMathman

I wouldn't call Marietta great. I think it has been in a slow decline. I guess the better schools in Cobb are in the north and east.

"Marietta" can be quite a broad definition. All of the tony east Cobb neighborhoods save for a tiny sliver in the extreme northeast of Cobb County have a Marietta mailing address. Every north and east school you mention has a Marietta mailing address. Would not call that "slow decline." Osborne, being a Cobb County system school is not in Marietta city limits either.

Waiting for Aries to chime in on the subject. Have read a great article in the last few years of the principal that came into Osborne to turn it around and other positive happenings. Osborne draws a large number of transient type students, that usually brings numbers down. The neighborhoods are more blue collar, have seen better days. It is at the bottom of the heap of Cobb high schools, but there are still positive things happening there.

[MathmanMathman]

Originally Posted by Saintmarks

"Marietta" can be quite a broad definition. All of the tony east Cobb neighborhoods save for a tiny sliver in the extreme northeast of Cobb County have a Marietta mailing address. Every north and east school you mention has a Marietta mailing address. Would not call that "slow decline." Osborne, being a Cobb County system school is not in Marietta city limits either,

The context is high schools. So by "Marietta" I mean Marietta High School.