The Georgia Board of Education met for over three hours Thursday but ultimately adjourned without taking any action that would alter the start of school.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Wednesday that the board was considering a resolution to push back the statewide school start date to September 8. The head of the Georgia School Boards Association greeted that news with dismay. “It flies in the face of our position of local control,” Valarie Wilson told the AJC. “The locals are in the community; they know what they were planning.
State School Superintendent Richard Woods says he supports local school board autonomy. “We must recognize that, honor that, and continue to let local communities and school districts make local decisions — that’s how we will build trust and how we will get back to school safely,” he wrote on the Georgia Department of Education Facebook page.
School districts across the state have set their own calendars with a wide range of start dates and varying options for in-class instruction and online learning this fall.
