Georgia’s largest school district has become the latest to move to all-remote learning to start the school year.
Gwinnett County Superintendent Alvin Wilbanks announced Monday that the 180,000-student district in suburban Atlanta will not offer in-person classes when it begins instruction on Aug. 12. Instead, all classes will be taught online.
A number of other large districts had already announced plans for all-remote instruction or delayed the start of school into September, including Atlanta, Bibb County, Clayton County, Cobb County, DeKalb County, Fulton County and Savannah-Chatham County. Forsyth County is now the largest district in Georgia planning to offer classes five days a week.
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