ATLANTA — Many school districts around metro Atlanta and north Georgia will enter a second day of closings or delays Wednesday after winter weather set in Tuesday and Wednesday morning brings dangerous wind chills across the region.
Here, we'll track the public communications of various districts around the region as they announce if they'll be closing, delayed or otherwise impacted.
District leaders have said they will continue to monitor the situation and provide additional information if circumstances change.
Metro Atlanta, north Georgia school delays & closings for Wednesday, January 17
Schools that are closing on Wednesday, January 17:
Schools that are delaying their start times on Wednesday, January 17:
- Banks County Schools (2-hour delay)
- Bartow County Schools (2-hour delay)
- Calhoun City Schools (2-hour delay)
- Chattooga County Schools (2-hour delay)
- City of Decatur Schools (2-hour delay)
- Clarke County School District (2-hour delay)
- Fannin County School System (2-hour delay)
- Floyd County Schools (2-hour delay)
- Gilmer County Schools (2-hour delay)
- Gordon County Schools (2-hour delay)
- Madison County School District (2-hour delay)
- Rome City Schools (2-hour delay)
- Union County Schools (2-hour delay)
Schools that are going virtual/remote for Wednesday, January 17:
Schools that have made other announcements and have not indicated closing:
- Atlanta Public Schools (planning for normal)
- Bremen City Schools (planning for normal)
- Carroll County Schools (planning for normal)
- Cobb County Schools (planning for normal)
- Coweta County School System (planning for normal)
- Dawson County School System (planning for normal)
- DeKalb County School District (planning for normal)
- Douglas County School System (planning for normal)
- Fayette County Public Schools (planning for normal)
- Greene County School System (planning for normal)
- Griffin-Spalding County School System (planning for normal)
- Hall County School District (planning for normal)
- Haralson County Schools (planning for normal)
- Heard County School System (planning for normal)
- Henry County Schools (planning for normal)
- Lamar County Schools (planning for normal)
- Lumpkin County School System (planning for normal)
- Newton County Schools (planning for normal)
- Oglethorpe County Schools (planning for normal)
- Paulding County School District (planning for normal)
- Pickens County Schools (planning for normal)
- Polk County School District (planning for normal)
- Rabun County Schools (planning for normal)
- Rockdale County Public Schools (planning for normal)
- Towns County Schools (planning for normal)
- Thomaston-Upson Schools (planning for normal)
- Troup County School System (planning for normal)
- White County School System (planning for normal)
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