Back to School Start Dates
July 28th (Thursday)
- Rockdale County
July 29th (Friday)
- Lamar County Newton County
August 1st (Monday)
- Cherokee County: New school opening – the new/replacement Dean Rusk Middle School. The new facility will accommodate current and projected enrollment and allow for the transition to the State's Grade 6-8 model, which provides for more challenging coursework and career and fine arts electives for sixth-graders. The 255,000-square-foot school, in addition to instructional classrooms, also includes a gymnasium, cafetorium, art and music rooms, cyber café media center, global learning center and computer labs.
- Cobb County Schools
- Barrow County
- Clayton County
- Henry County
- Morgan County
- Paulding County
- Pickens County
August 2nd (Tuesday)
- Floyd County
- Greene County
- Haralson County
August 3rd (Wednesday)
- Bartow County
- City of Atlanta
- City of Marietta
- Gilmer County
- Griffin-Spalding
- Oconee County
- Walker County
- Walton County
August 4th (Thursday)
- Carroll County
- Chattooga County
- City of Buford
- Fannin County
- Forsyth County
- Gordon County
- Stephens County
- Towns County
August 5th (Friday)
- West Georgia College Move-In date for First Year students
- Banks County
- Coweta County
- Dawson County
- Habersham County
- Hall County
- Heard County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Lumpkin County
- Madison County
- Monroe County
- Oglethorpe County
- Union County
August 7th (Sunday)
- University of Georgia First Move-in Day (Also August 10th)
August 8th (Monday)
- City of Calhoun
- Dekalb County
- Douglas County
- Fayette County
- Fulton County
- Gwinnett County
- Rabun County
- White County
- Whitfield County
August 9th (Tuesday)
- University of West Georgia – 2nd Move-in Day for Returning students.
- Clarke County
August 10th (Wednesday)
- Butts County
- City of Decatur
- Troup County
August 11th (Thursday)
- Thomaston-Upson County
August 12th (Friday)
- Kennesaw State University Move-in Date (and August 13th)
- Franklin County
- Meriwether County
August 13th (Saturday)
August 15th (Monday)
August 18th (Thursday)
August 19th/20th (Friday and Saturday)
August 20th (Saturday)
August 22nd (Monday)
- Chattahoochee Tech goes back to school. First day (No dorms)
- Pike County