Georgia schools will remain closed after businesses, places of worship and other public spaces open on a limited basis Monday.
Gov. Brian Kemp said he will relax some of the rules he put in place to halt the spread of the coronavirus, but schools will continue under their existing closure order “for the remainder of this year.”
He said he consulted with many educational leaders who told him it would “take too much to try to ramp back up” and get everyone reorganized and acclimated to in-person classrooms.
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At this point, he said, school leaders would rather focus on distance learning and “just own that” and do their best while preparing for resumption of classes in the fall.
The governor did not specifically address summer school, during his announcement Monday about his plans for cautiously re-opening the state's economy.
Some Georgia schools have announced they are quitting this spring semester early, ending a week or more ahead of their previously-planned summer breaks.
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