Atlanta Public Schools, Cobb and 22 other Georgia school districts return to classroom

On Thursday, Aug. 1, thousands of students return to class in two dozen school districts across North Georgia and the metro Atlanta area. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

On Thursday morning, thousands of students throughout North Georgia and the metro Atlanta area returned to the classroom.

The returning school districts include Atlanta Public Schools; Marietta, Jefferson and Social Circle City Schools; plus Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Douglas, Floyd, Forsyth, Greene, Henry, Jackson, Morgan, Paulding, Pickens, Upson and Walton Counties.

Students in metro Atlanta school districts DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett and Newton are scheduled to return on Aug. 5.