The Cobb County school board Thursday adopted a new “balanced” school calendar. That means students and teachers will report to school a week earlier next year.
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Students begin the first week in August. Teachers head back to work in July. But the new calendar will also add more breaks throughout the year. Cobb County Association of Educators president Connie Jackson says most teachers and parents favored the switch.
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