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Snow storm: Cobb schools close early

A DeKalb teacher warns: “I fear the OSD will only create more schools that will continue to hemorrhage talented teachers and students who will wish to escape the culture of test prep and paperwork.”
A DeKalb teacher warns: “I fear the OSD will only create more schools that will continue to hemorrhage talented teachers and students who will wish to escape the culture of test prep and paperwork.”
By Ty Tagami
Dec 8, 2017

Schools in Cobb County are closing early Friday as snow begins to fall in metro Atlanta.

High schools release first, at 11:30 a.m., followed by middle schools at 12:30 p.m. and elementary schools at 1:30 p.m., the Cobb County School District said.

After school programs and all field trips and extracurricular activities for Friday and Saturday were being cancelled, including ACT tests in county schools. The tests will be rescheduled.

More at ajc.com.

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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.

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