The 21Cobalt team was proud to join hundreds of charter school leaders, board members, and educators at the 2026 Georgia Charter Schools Conference at the Atlanta Marriott Northwest at Galleria. It's always one of our favorite events of the year—and this time, we didn't just attend. We got to share something we care deeply about.

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Here's something we don't love admitting: we've seen too many promising charter school petitions get denied over budget issues that were completely avoidable. Not because the petitioners weren't passionate. Not because their educational model wasn't strong. Because the budget section of their petition told a story the authorizer couldn't believe. We spent a combined 15+ years each on the authorizer side of the table — at both the Georgia Department of Education and the State