Forsyth County schools set virtual town halls on virtual learning

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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