The 2019-20 Cobb school year gets underway on Thursday, and leading up to that point we’ll be posting some preview information, starting with the calendar and transportation details.
As has been in recent years, Cobb schools begin on Aug. 1, one of the earliest starting dates in metro Atlanta.
That’s because the district employs numerous breaks during the academic year, especially around holidays.
There are a total of 180 instructional days, as required by state law, and in five of the 10 months are full-week breaks or longer. Graduations and the last day of school take place during the week of May 18-22, 2020.
Calendar legend:
- BLACK BOXES: first and last days of school
- GRAY BOXES: Holiday, school closed
- YELLOW BOXES: student holiday/staff day
- WHITE BOXES: ES/MS conference week; early release
- PENTAGON: Early release day all levels
Getting around
The Cobb County School District has around 1,000 buses that run daily on a similar number of routes and travel around 13 million miles during the school year. About 70 percent of the district’s nearly 112,000 students ride the bus.
Last year the district rolled out an app called Here Comes the Bus that allows parents to track their child’s bus in real-time on a map.
The district also has a link on its websites with bus route information that you can find here.
During the months of August and September, students will be allowed to bring water in containers with a screw-on lid on school buses.
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