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Fourth-grader Noelle Ewuakye thinks about her favorite movie after being asked by Superintendent Chris Ragsdale, who was touring Compton Elementary School in Powder Springs on the first day of class Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023.   (Ben Gray / Ben@BenGray.com)
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Compton Elementary School Principal Beth Lair looks over Charlie Vega’s letter to his future self on the first day of class Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in Powder Springs.   (Ben Gray / Ben@BenGray.com)
Hope Wiggins, 10, works on a letter to her future self on the first day of class at Compton Elementary School in Powder Springs on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023.   (Ben Gray / Ben@BenGray.com)
Investigator Khristia Bynum ensure a safe crossing. Parents and students arrive for the first day of school at Springdale Park Elementary School in Atlanta on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. (Bob Andres for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Parents and students arrive for the first day of school at Springdale Park Elementary School in Atlanta on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. (Bob Andres for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Compton Elementary School Principal Beth Lair walks the halls with Superintendent Chris Ragsdale on the first day of class Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in Powder Springs.   (Ben Gray / Ben@BenGray.com)
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Parents and students arrive for the first day of school at Springdale Park Elementary School in Atlanta on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. (Bob Andres for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Ashley and fifth grader Sam Pollet walk to school for the first day of school at Springdale Park Elementary School in Atlanta on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. (Bob Andres for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Parents and students arrive for the first day of school at Springdale Park Elementary School in Atlanta on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. (Bob Andres for the Atlanta Journal Constitution)
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Virginia-Highland Elementary Principal Terry Harness greets parents and students on the first day of school, Tuesday, August 1, 2023. (Steve Schaefer/steve.schaefer@ajc.com)
By AJC Staff – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
July 18, 2023

Here’s when some of metro Atlanta’s largest school districts will begin their first day of school:

Atlanta Public Schools: Tuesday, Aug. 1

Cherokee County: Tuesday, Aug. 1

Clayton County: Wednesday, Aug. 2

Cobb County: Tuesday, Aug. 1

City of Marietta, Wednesday, Aug. 2

DeKalb County: Monday, Aug. 7

City of Decatur, Tuesday, Aug. 1

Douglas County, Wednesday, Aug. 2

Fayette County: Thursday, Aug. 3

Forsyth County: Thursday, Aug. 3

Fulton County: Monday, Aug. 7

Gwinnett County: Wednesday, Aug. 2

City of Buford: Wednesday, Aug. 2

Henry County: Wednesday, Aug. 2

Rockdale County, Tuesday, Aug. 1

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