District Makes Decision on After-School Activities

WOODSTOCK, GA -- Due to the National Weather Service issuing a Winter Storm Warning for north and central Georgia, the Cherokee County School District has cancelled all after-school and extra-curricular activities for Friday and Saturday.

Additionally, all district facilities will close at 4 p.m. Friday. This also includes all elementary school After-School Programs.

Parents who use ASP for childcare will need to make arrangement to pick their children up from school by 4 p.m.

"We will continue to closely monitor forecasts and conditions to determine if additional actions are needed," the system added.

The Winter Storm Warning will go into effect 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6 and will remain active until 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7.

Should a school closure or early dismissal decision be made, the notice first will be posted on the district's website, Facebook page and Twitter feed; local media outlets will be notified.

Parents of CCSD students also will receive notice of inclement weather closings by text, email, and/or phone through our School Messenger system. Email addresses and phone numbers must be current in Aspen/Parent Portal.

To receive the texts, parents must opt-in by texting any one of the following words to the number 68453: subscribe, opt-in or yes. Parents should receive an automatic response that they’re registered for messages; if not, parents need to contact their wireless provider, as some do not accept SMS messages.

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