Two Northside school districts have won grants in the third round of the Connections for Classrooms program, a three-agency state effort aimed at providing classrooms across Georgia with high-speed broadband access.

The Cherokee County School District was awarded $266,276.85 and is in line to receive the same amount in federal E-rate funding for a total investment of $532,553.70. Cherokee school officials said the money will be used as it replaces wireless access points at all schools with current/faster technologies.

Forsyth County was awarded $732,093.18. With nearly $500,000 in E-rate funding available, the total investment there would be $1,220,155.30.

In all, 48 Georgia local education authorities received more than $8.2 million in grant funds.

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Members of the conversion crew take a break as the main scoreboard is lowered to the floor to be worked on as the arena gets ready for the next concert at State Farm Arena, Thursday, October 2, 2025, in Atlanta. The crew was working on creating a stage for the Friday, Oct. 3 Maxwell concert. (Jason Getz/AJC)

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