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Forsyth County schools were the first in metro Atlanta to implement digital learning at home to prevent students from losing days to snow.
Forsyth County schools were the first in metro Atlanta to implement digital learning at home to prevent students from losing days to snow.
By and Arlinda Broady
Jan 18, 2018

What happens when students can’t make it to school in Forsyth County because of snow?

They crank up the home computer and get their assignments and work online. Forsyth was the first in the metro area to avoid students missing days of work, and the school system having to find ways to make those up later.

Gwinnett joined the digital revolution this year. You can read how this works and what other school systems are doing in the full story at MyAJC.com.

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Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He is the newsroom's education editor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.

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