School Board to Vote on Name for Austell Intermediate

The school-naming committee narrowed the list down to three names. Two would honor local educators, George Hendricks and Sollie Cole.

The school-naming committee for Austell Intermediate has concluded its evaluation of name submissions for the school and narrowed the selections to three. Area 1 Assistant Superintendent Robert Benson will prepare an agenda item for the Board of Education, incorporating the committee's three top choices; the committee's first choice will be presented as the Superintendent's recommendation. The Board may accept one of the committee’s three names, or it may vote on and approve another name.   Other names considered by the committee: Sollie Cole, who died at age 90, served as Chairman of the Cobb County Board of Education in the mid-1960s. He and his wife, Floy “Jackie,” lived in Austell for 40 years and sent their children to South Cobb …

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