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Atlanta snow: Fulton Schools to close at noon Friday

By Ben Brasch
Jan 6, 2017

Fulton County Schools will close at noon Friday as 79 counties are expected to enter a state of emergency because of a snow storm heading for metro Atlanta.

The area might see up to 4 inches of snow, forecasters say.

The school system announced the news on Facebook just after 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

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Friday was already a planning day for teachers, but now the administrative offices will close at noon. Students are set to return Monday.

The school system also cancelled all extra-curricular and athletic events Friday through the weekend.

A winter storm warning will go into effect for north Georgia Friday as a winter storm is expected to bring up to 4 inches of snow this weekend.

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Ben Brasch is the reporter tasked with keeping Fulton County government accountable. The Florida native moved to Atlanta for a job with The AJC. If there's something important to you going on in Fulton, he wants to know about it. Help him better metro Atlanta by dropping a line, anonymously or otherwise.

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