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Most school systems plan to reopen Wednesday

By Mark Niesse
Jan 7, 2014

School will be back in session Wednesday for students in Atlanta city, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett and Henry counties.

Students have been out since Dec. 20 for winter break and most districts called off school Tuesday due to the frigid temperatures. Temperatures dropped into single digits Tuesday morning, and the low Wednesday is forecast to be 17 degrees. School officials urge parents to check web sites and local media reports for updates.

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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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