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    Piedmont Central, a 1,152-bed residential hall on Georgia State University's campus, was built through a public-private partnership with Corvias, a Rhode Island-based company. ERIC STIRGUS / ERIC.STIRGUS@AJC.COM
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    Housing company pressured Ga. system to reopen campuses, critics say
    New Georgia Tech students, with the assistance of their families, begin moving in for the fall semester on the Georgia Tech campus on Saturday, August 8, 2020. With requirements for masks and social distancing, this year's move-in ran for two days with students signing up for move-in time slots. (Photo: Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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    Georgia’s colleges prepare for a vastly different semester
    200803-Lawrenceville-Masks are required and visitors are prohibited in the residence halls at Georgia Gwinnett College. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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    Georgia college students have mixed emotions about returning to...
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    Piedmont Central, a 1,152-bed residential hall on Georgia State University's campus, was built through a public-private partnership with Corvias, a Rhode Island-based company. ERIC STIRGUS / ERIC.STIRGUS@AJC.COM
    Education| 3h ago
    Housing company pressured Ga. system to reopen campuses, critics say
    New Georgia Tech students, with the assistance of their families, begin moving in for the fall semester on the Georgia Tech campus on Saturday, August 8, 2020. With requirements for masks and social distancing, this year's move-in ran for two days with students signing up for move-in time slots. (Photo: Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
    Education
    Georgia’s colleges prepare for a vastly different semester
    200803-Lawrenceville-Masks are required and visitors are prohibited in the residence halls at Georgia Gwinnett College. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    Higher Education
    Georgia college students have mixed emotions about returning to...
    In this photo provided by student Hannah Watters, students crowd a hallway, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, at North Paulding High School in Dallas, Ga. The 30,000-student suburban Paulding County school district in suburban Atlanta resumed classes Monday with 70% of students returning for in-person classes five days a week, days after the principal at North Paulding announced some members of the football team had tested positive for COVID-19. The district says it is encouraging mask use, but isn't requiring it. (Hannah Watters via AP)
    Education
    9 cases of COVID-19 reported at North Paulding High School
    In this photo provided by student Hannah Watters, students crowd a hallway, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, at North Paulding High School in Dallas, Ga. The 30,000-student suburban Paulding County school district in suburban Atlanta resumed classes Monday with 70% of students returning for in-person classes five days a week, days after the principal at North Paulding announced some members of the football team had tested positive for COVID-19. The district says it is encouraging mask use, but isn't requiring it. (Hannah Watters via AP)
    Education
    Paulding lifts suspensions of two students after viral photos
    Effingham County High School students are shown changing classes, in a crowded hallway, on Aug. 5, 2020, the first day of school. Masks are not required for students in Effingham County, but are strongly recommended. Rick Lott for SavannahNow.com
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    OPINION: School reopenings weren’t picture perfect, but don’t blame ...
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    Volunteers hand out free backpacks and other schools supplies at Kemp Elementary Saturday morning in Hampton, Georgia, on August 8, 2020. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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    Back-to-school: Clayton, Gwinnett students to begin online classes
    In this photo provided by student Hannah Watters, students crowd a hallway, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, at North Paulding High School in Dallas, Ga. The 30,000-student suburban Paulding County school district in suburban Atlanta resumed classes Monday with 70% of students returning for in-person classes five days a week, days after the principal at North Paulding announced some members of the football team had tested positive for COVID-19. The district says it is encouraging mask use, but isn't requiring it. (Hannah Watters via AP)
    Education
    9 cases of COVID-19 reported at North Paulding High School
    Georgia Tech president Angel Cabrera talks with Sophia Bowie, 18, freshman Computer Science major, and her mother Pam Bowie (right), of Chicago, Illinois, as he helps them move into Glenn Hall on Saturday, August 8, 2020. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
    Higher Education
    New Georgia Tech students move in, with pandemic precautions
    In this photo provided by student Hannah Watters, students crowd a hallway, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, at North Paulding High School in Dallas, Ga. The 30,000-student suburban Paulding County school district in suburban Atlanta resumed classes Monday with 70% of students returning for in-person classes five days a week, days after the principal at North Paulding announced some members of the football team had tested positive for COVID-19. The district says it is encouraging mask use, but isn't requiring it. (Hannah Watters via AP)
    Education
    Paulding lifts suspensions of two students after viral photos
    The World of Prom show, held at AmericasMart Friday, Aug 7, 2020, features this year's new trends. Designer Johnathan Kayne, left, points out details on a dress worn by model Bailey Towle, right, in his showroom for potential buyers despite low attendance. (Jenni Girtman for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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    Prom shop owners gather in Atlanta, face gamble on pandemic’s future
    Effingham County High School students are shown changing classes, in a crowded hallway, on Aug. 5, 2020, the first day of school. Masks are not required for students in Effingham County, but are strongly recommended. Rick Lott for SavannahNow.com
    Get Schooled Blog
    OPINION: School reopenings weren’t picture perfect, but don’t blame ...
    In this photo provided by student Hannah Watters, students crowd a hallway, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, at North Paulding High School in Dallas, Ga. The 30,000-student suburban Paulding County school district in suburban Atlanta resumed classes Monday with 70% of students returning for in-person classes five days a week, days after the principal at North Paulding announced some members of the football team had tested positive for COVID-19. The district says it is encouraging mask use, but isn't requiring it. (Hannah Watters via AP)
    Education
    Photos of crowded school hallways in Paulding lead to national stir
    United Campus Workers of Georgia holds a die-in demonstration on the University of Georgia's north campus lawn outside of the Administration Building on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, to protest UGA and the greater University System of Georgia's decision to reopen their campuses amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. KYLE PETERSON FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
    Education
    Group holds ‘die-in’ protest against Georgia colleges’ return plans
    Atlanta Public Schools continues to make budget adjustments after revenue projections increased above expectations. AJC FILE PHOTO/Alyssa Pointer
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    Atlanta Public Schools backs off proposal to lower property taxes
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    Oglethorpe University to go online for fall semester
    A kindergarten teacher had been working at R.M. Moore Elementary School Stem Academy without symptoms but she began showing symptoms after school on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. The teacher did not come to school on Tuesday or Wednesday. Her class must now quarantine for two weeks.
    Get Schooled Blog
    Cherokee reports COVID-19 cases in three more schools
    A child at Shelton Elementary fell ill on Monday and later tested positive for COVID-19, leading Paulding to tell some students in the class to stay home Tuesday.
    Get Schooled Blog
    Paulding confirms COVID-19 case on first day at elementary school
    Higher education
    Piedmont Central, a 1,152-bed residential hall on Georgia State University's campus, was built through a public-private partnership with Corvias, a Rhode Island-based company. ERIC STIRGUS / ERIC.STIRGUS@AJC.COM
    Education| 3h ago
    Housing company pressured Ga. system to reopen campuses, critics say
    New Georgia Tech students, with the assistance of their families, begin moving in for the fall semester on the Georgia Tech campus on Saturday, August 8, 2020. With requirements for masks and social distancing, this year's move-in ran for two days with students signing up for move-in time slots. (Photo: Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
    Education
    Georgia’s colleges prepare for a vastly different semester
    200803-Lawrenceville-Masks are required and visitors are prohibited in the residence halls at Georgia Gwinnett College. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
    Higher Education
    Georgia college students have mixed emotions about returning to...
    Local News
    Four more Atlanta schoolyards picked for public parks renovation
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    Atlanta superintendent urges families to fill out technology survey
    Local News
    Gwinnett educators demand diversity, equality in curriculum
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    Here’s your chance to weigh in on proposal to rename Grady High School
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    Gwinnett teachers fear working at school poses health risk
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    Atlanta charter schools to open virtually starting next week
    Atlanta school board Chairman Jason Esteves looks at new superintendent Lisa Herring as he speaks during the swearing-in ceremony of superintendent Lisa Herring on June 30. Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com
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    Atlanta school board terms will now be staggered
    Atlanta Public Schools has planned a handful of virtual meetings to discuss details of the upcoming school year, which will begin Aug. 24 with virtual-only instruction. AJC FILE PHOTO by BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM
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    APS announces back-to-school virtual meetings for parents
    Parents, students and supporters rally against Gwinnett County Public School's decision to make all fall instruction online-only outside Gwinnett Schools Instructional Support Center building in Suwanee on Friday, July 24. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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    Gwinnett parents rally for option to send students to in-person classes
    A screenshot from the July 13 DeKalb County Board of Education meeting shows members of the board and Superintendent Cheryl Watson-Harris, second from right, discussing district business.
    Local News
    DeKalb school board approves $1.15 billion budget
    Empty classroom (stock photo).
    Local News
    DeKalb teacher, facing probe over social media comments, resigns
    Atlanta Public Schools received survey responses from more than 17,000 people about their reopening preferences. AJC FILE PHOTO/Alyssa Pointer
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    Atlanta Public Schools reopening survey shows split opinion
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    Georgia DOE will help more than 12 million students with distance...
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    Dozens protest proposed furloughs for DeKalb teachers, staff
    Local News
    DeKalb teacher under investigation for social media comments
    Local News
    Parents want school districts to offer face-to-face option for students
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    Atlanta Public Schools hires facilities executive director
    Local News
    DeKalb superintendent finalist: School board breached contract
    Local News
    DeKalb district remembers John Lewis through namesake school
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    As teachers rally, Gwinnett moves to begin school with virtual classes
    Local News
    DeKalb Schools board delays budget approval
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    Gwinnett plans to start school year with online-only classes after all
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