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Coweta County students will have the day
off from school on election day, Tuesday, November 4.
In September, the Coweta County Board of Education voted to
request that the Georgia Board of Education waive the state’s
180-day student attendance rule for the general election date.
The Coweta County school board made the request because state
and local election agencies are predicting very high voter
turn-out on November 4. In addition to heavy traffic expected
throughout the day on November 4, nine of Coweta County’s
schools and the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts are used
as polling places.
Superintendent Blake Bass informed Coweta County board members
that the state board approved the request at their October board
meeting in Atlanta.
Students should not report to school on November 4. Teachers
will report to school on that day as a regular workday. Faculty
members at several schools used as polling places will report to
separate worksites to allow for better parking for voters.
School buildings used as voting places include Canongate,
Jefferson Parkway, Northside, Thomas Crossroads and White Oak
elementary schools, Madras and Smokey Road middle schools, the
Central Educational Center, and the Arts Center on Lower
Fayetteville Road.
The waiver of the “180-day” rule for student attendance is the
same waiver granted when schools miss regularly-scheduled days
due to snow or other inclement weather. The state does not
require a missed day to be made up unless schools close for
several such days during the school year. |
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