Floyd County Schools will remain closed through Friday, April 10, the school district posted on its website Friday.
The district plans to resume classes on Monday, April 13.
“This will allow us to implement the practice of social distancing, which as proven to slow the spread of the virus,” the message said.
Students currently will not receive assignments during the week of spring break, April 6-10, a message of the system’s Facebook page said.
The Barrow County School System also announced this week that its schools will remain closed until April 13. The school system, which is east of Gwinnett County, was the first Georgia district to extend closing its doors in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
The school system made the announcement Tuesday that the system will remain closed beyond its scheduled spring break, according to a statement on the school system’s website.
The district had announced last week it was closing March 16-29 in response to the emerging coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, Gov. Brian Kemp ordered that all of the state’s public schools be closed through the end of the month. With that order, Barrow County would be left with just a few days to spare before spring break, which was set for April 6-10.
The district is implementing a home-learning model for students. Teachers and staff are working from home and are available to parents and students through email. The school system will provide free meals to any child from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. through March 27 at Apalachee and Winder-Barrow high schools. The meals are free for any child under 18.
“Thank you students, parents and teachers for making our Learning from Home a great success. While this is a challenging situation, we thank our school communities for embracing this opportunity to learn in a different way,” reads a statement on the school system’s website.
The school system serves more than 14,400 students.
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