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May 23, 2018 Sandy Springs - A Fulton County Schools bus brings traffic to a halt on Powers Ferry Road in Sandy Springs, in the last week of school. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

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May 23, 2018 Sandy Springs - A Fulton County Schools bus brings traffic to a halt on Powers Ferry Road in Sandy Springs, in the last week of school. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
By Ty Tagami
July 30, 2018

Like an ice cream cone that melts too quickly, summer break is almost over, and school buses and parents — no longer off the grid for vacations — will again squeeze onto Atlanta roadways during rush hour.

Most metro area school districts will open their doors in early August, taking in more than 800,000 students, though more than one will have kids in their seats in July.

This is when school starts in 18 of the region’s largest districts:

Atlanta: Aug.  1 (details)

Buford: Aug. 2

Cherokee County: Aug. 1

Clayton County: Aug. 6

Cobb County: Aug. 1 (details)

Coweta County: Aug. 3

Decatur: Aug. 1

DeKalb County: Aug. 6 (details)

Douglas County: Aug. 8

Fayette County: Aug. 6

Forsyth County: Aug. 2

Fulton County: Aug. 6 (details)

Gwinnett County: Aug. 6 (details)

Hall County: Aug. 7

Henry County: July 30

Marietta: Aug. 2

Newton County: Aug. 1

Rockdale County: July 30

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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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