Education

Atlanta students get Thanksgiving week off

By Mark Niesse
Nov 21, 2013

Students in Atlanta Public Schools will have all of Thanksgiving week off, and they’ll return to school Dec. 2.

The break is part is the first of three extended holidays scheduled this school year, along with two weeks off at the end of December and one week off in April.

Atlanta students attend school for a full 180 instructional days, but teachers are scheduled to be furloughed on three days.

About the Author

Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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