Summer break is over for Atlanta elementary students enrolled in three year-round schools, which start Monday.

Boyd, Centennial Place and Hutchinson elementary schools are resuming classes after last school year ended June 3.

The year-round school calendar, launched in Atlanta in 1999, is intended to help students retain more of what they learned in the previous year.

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People join a rally in support for U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees on Tuesday afternoon, April 1, 2025, at the Atlanta headquarters after federal cuts triggered significant layoffs. (Photo: Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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