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Atlanta weather: Paulding and Bartow schools call early dismissal

By Christopher Quinn
Dec 8, 2017

Paulding County schools are calling it quits because of weather.

The school system’s Twitter account says that it will dismiss middle and high schools at 11:30.

Elementary schools will dismiss at 12:30.

All after school and weekend activities are cancelled, as is and Learning Bridge.

Bartow is calling schools at 11 a.m.

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Christopher Quinn is a writer and editor who has worked for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1999. He writes stories on Veterans Affairs, business including high-tech growth in metro Atlanta, Georgia's $72 billion farm economy, and he oversees assigning and editing news obituaries.

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