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    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)
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    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
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    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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    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
    <p>Oglethorpe University</p>
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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.
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    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.
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    Paulding confirms COVID-19 case on first day at elementary school
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    <p>Oglethorpe University</p>
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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.
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    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.
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    Paulding confirms COVID-19 case on first day at elementary school
    A counselor who works with high school students applying to colleges warns that Georgia colleges will suffer if the University System continues to mandate ACT or SAT scores for admission. "If USG does not change its testing policy for fall 2021, thousands of qualified students will have to leave Georgia to attend college next year," she says.
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    (Left to right) Randy Britt, Kaece Supples, Keeman Hayes and Travis Davis run one-on-ones during an unsanctioned player-led football practice on Thursday, June 4, 2020, at Tucker High School in Tucker, Georgia. The players planned the off-season practice despite uncertainty surrounding the upcoming football season amid coronavirus concerns. CHRISTINA MATACOTTA FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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    DeKalb Schools hosts town hall on how district is handling sports
    Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Lisa Herring presented a plan to the school board Monday to lease 40,000 computers for students. Hyosub Shin / AJC FILE PHOTO
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    Atlanta school district to lease 40,000 computers for $25 million
    Parents walk their children to the entrance of Woodstock Elementary School in Cherokee County on the first day of school on August 3, 2020. A second-grade class at Sixes Elementary School in Cherokee will have to quarantine for two weeks after a student tested positive for COVID-19. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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    COVID cases reported as schools reopen in Georgia
    Cherokee County opened its doors Monday. By Tuesday, it had to shutter a second grade classoom where a student tested positive for COVID-19
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    Cherokee quarantines second-grade class after student tests positive...
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    Morehouse College seeks dismissal of sexual harassment lawsuit
    Mary Williams, a parent who is opposed to mandatory face mask requirements, talks with Gwinnett County Public Schools board member Steven Knudsen before the start of the regular board meeting in Suwanee on July 16. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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    Here’s how metro Atlanta school districts are starting the school year
    “Our hope is that shortly after the school year starts, we can begin to honor the choices parents made in July for either in-person or digital instruction for their children. A letter confirming the parent’s choice for each child will be sent by mid-August,” said the letter today from Superintendet J. Alvin Wilbanks. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC
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    Gwinnett outlines phase-in plan for face-to-face classes starting end...
    The Atlanta school board on Monday changed the dress code policy so that the district can require that students wear masks or face coverings. Curtis Compton/ AJC FILE PHOTO
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    Atlanta pushes back first day of school, approves mask mandate
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    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
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    Atlanta school board terms will now be staggered
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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.
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    DeKalb school board approves $1.15 billion budget
    Empty classroom (stock photo).
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    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
    WATCH: Mississippi schools will remain closed but distance learning will continue, governor says
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    Protesters hold signs outside the DeKalb County School District's Stone Mountain headquarters on July 23, 2020. (Marlon A. Walker / MARLON.WALKER@AJC.COM)
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    Dozens protest proposed furloughs for DeKalb teachers, staff
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    DeKalb teacher under investigation for social media comments
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    Parents want school districts to offer face-to-face option for students
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    Atlanta Public Schools hires facilities executive director
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    DeKalb superintendent finalist: School board breached contract
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    DeKalb district remembers John Lewis through namesake school
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    As teachers rally, Gwinnett moves to begin school with virtual classes
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    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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