Friday was the last day of school for students at Murray County (Georgia) Schools.
On Thursday night, the Murray County school board voted to end the 2019-20 academic school year May 8 for its 12 schools. The last day of school was originally scheduled for May 22.
School board member Renda Baggett said the board had heard of other school districts, such as Cartersville City Schools in nearby Bartow County, ending their academic years early and decided this was the best decision to prepare students and staff for next year.
“I hope our students got all they needed,” Baggett said. “I was a teacher for 30 years, and I can’t imagine going through something like this as a teacher. I’m sorry to see this happen to everyone, but it was out of our control.”
Millions of students across the country have been learning from home using online education tools since March.