The digital learning option for Cherokee County elementary school students has been extended for the second nine-week grading period, through Dec. 18, the school district announced.

Parents of students currently enrolled in digital learning in kindergarten through fifth-grade, special ed preschool and preK must complete a declaration form by 4:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11. They were to be emailed a link to the form.

“A decision has not yet been made whether to extend digital learning beyond Dec. 18, 2020, for elementary school or for middle and high school,” the district said. “Digital learning enrollment for students currently attending in-person school will continue to be considered on a case-by-case basis at the school level.”

Despite COVID-19, more than three-quarters of Cherokee’s 42,000 students opted to physically return to classes over digital learning Aug. 3. Three high schools had to temporarily close when coronavirus cases spiked. They reopened Sept. 3.

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Angie McBrayer, ex-wife of James Aaron McBrayer, leans her head on her son Sam McBrayer as she and her three children and two grandchildren (from left) Jackson McBrayer, 3, Piper Jae McBrayer, 7, Katy Isaza, and Jordan McBrayer, visit the grave of James McBrayer, Thursday, November 20, 2025, in Tifton. He died after being restrained by Tift County sheriff's deputies on April 24, 2019. His ex-wife witnessed the arrest and said she thought the deputies were being rough but did not imagine that McBrayer would die. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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