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School starts today for 4 metro Atlanta districts

Students arrive for the first day of the 2018-2019 school year at Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary in East Point. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

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Students arrive for the first day of the 2018-2019 school year at Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary in East Point. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM
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Aug 5, 2019

Summer break is over for students in four metro Atlanta school districts.

Children in DeKalb, Gwinnett, Clayton and Fayette public schools will report today for the first day of school.

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