The other shoe has dropped for 9,000 students of Marietta City Schools.
Marietta’s board of education voted in a special meeting called Friday to morph one teacher work day into a day of classes due to recent inclement weather.
Tammy Garnes, district spokeswoman, said students will need to be at their desks March 12, which is a Monday.
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A week ago, some parts of Cobb saw 1½ inches of snow that kept freezing and thawing and refreezing, prompting hundreds of crashes and 100 potholes.
Between the snow and tropical storms, Marietta students have missed more than a week of classes this year.
While the area was reeling from the recent ice and snow, Marietta superintendent Grant Rivera tried to give folks an idea of his gameplan.
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School districts throughout metro Atlanta have had to make this decision; Fulton County schools announced three make-up days, DeKalb County added two days; Atlanta Public Schools added time instead of whole days.
The Cobb County School District said it won't be adding days.
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