Virus leads 2 more Georgia school systems to go online only [View all]
ATLANTA (AP) — Two of Georgia’s largest school districts announced Thursday that they will not allow students to return to classrooms when schools resume, but instead offer instruction online only because of the coronavirus.
School officials in Fulton and Cobb counties had initially given parents the option of sending their kids to school or having them learn virtually when classes resume on Aug. 17.
Fulton County Schools Superintendent Mike Looney cited the recent rise in COVID-19 cases in the county in his announcement that the district was revoking the in-person learning option.
“I have been very clear all along that the reopening of Fulton County schools was predicated on the level of community spread that our schools would be facing when we resumed school,” Looney said in a video message posted on the district’s website. “Unfortunately, that data continues to move in the wrong direction.”
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