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Forsyth County schools set virtual town halls on virtual learning

Forsyth County educators will answer questions about the district’s virtual learning options for this fall at virtual town hall meetings. AJC FILE
Forsyth County educators will answer questions about the district’s virtual learning options for this fall at virtual town hall meetings. AJC FILE
By David Ibata
July 6, 2020

Forsyth County School District officials this week will answer questions on K-5 and special needs pre-K virtual learning at two virtual Town Hall meetings.

School Superintendent Jeff Bearden will join the meetings, at 6 p.m. Tuesday and noon Friday, to discuss final guidelines for the start of school, to be presented to the Board of Education at a called meeting Thursday.

Links to the Town Hall meetings will be posted to the district's "Restart Forsyth" website: www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/restartforsyth

When the new school year begins Aug. 6, Forsyth parents can choose to have their children attend school in-person or virtually. The deadline to register for K-5 and special needs pre-K virtual learning has been extended to July 14. To sign up: https://bit.ly/2Bx7442

Additionally, the Forsyth schools announced new resources to learn about the Forsyth Virtual Academy for students in sixth through 12th grade, at: https://bit.ly/3dXgN0F and https://bit.ly/2VIoYrn. The deadline is July 31 to register for FVA at: www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/fva

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