Decatur City Schools Delay In-Person Learning Until Next Year

DECATUR, GA — Decatur City Schools have postponed in-person learning until 2021. The schools have been closed since March due to the new coronavirus pandemic.

District officials revised the return plan Tuesday during a school board meeting, reported WSB.

The initial plan, according to the school website, was to begin phase 2 Oct. 12 by bringing back selected students in the adapted curriculum special education and early childhood program. By Nov. 2, Pre-K, Kindergarten, and grades third, sixth and ninth would have returned under the first plan. The other grades would have returned gradually.

Now, the students who were scheduled to return November won’t come back for in-person learning until at least January.