I am a single mom of twin 11 year olds moving from Portland, OR to Atlanta in the summer. I have been trying

to find a good place to move that will satisfy a great education for my girls and am considering moving to Marietta. Can anyone give any suggestions as to where I should start looking or if Marietta is not a nice place to live?

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i grew up in Cobb Co and I still live there. I live in Kennesaw and now have 3 kids going to Cobb CO schools. It is a great place to live and the schools in Kennesaw are great (better than in Marietta in my opinion) I also have twins (they are 5 yrs old) When u get to GA, feel free to email me if you need some friends in the area... i would be glad to show you around town! sheena@sentrysurveillance.com

Thank you very much for your info. I will look into both counties.

We moved from Cobb to Fulton (Roswell-Alpharetta), because other than Walton (which is nearby in East Cobb), 5 high-schools in North Fulton have higher average test scores than any other school in GA, and make the Governor's "Top-10" list. Plus, Roswell is a really cool, and richly historic city in GA

I grew up in Marietta and Cobb County has some really good schools, housing is a little priceir, but like the market says location location locaton, of course todays market, is preety wide open and you may actually find a really good deal, if you are looking to buy or even rent for that matter. I would look in the Kell, Lassiter, Sprayberrry, Pope or Walton High school district, Kennesaw Mountain and Wheeler High Schools are a Magnet school (We am looking and thinking about moving to Kennesaw Mountain High), I don't know if you know what a magnet school is, but they are EXCELLENT schools-Just look it up, either google it, or go to the Cobb County district website. But your child does have to qualify for a magnet school. The reason I am suggesting High school districts is because Cobb County has a lot of scools and I am assuming w/11 year olds they 6th grade or 5th, I have a 6th grader (11 year old) and if I was moving, I would consider High Schools more so then his grade right now. Hope this helps!

There have been quite a few people asking about the Atlanta area schools and where to live, lately. If you go to the upper right-hand corner of this page, above the green menu bar, where it says, "Search Community by Keyword" and enter "Atlanta" you can read many of the past discussions.

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