COUNTY BY COUNTY: WHAT SCHOOL IS DOING

Here’s how some metro school districts have said they’ll deal with a student walkout planned Wednesday.

Atlanta Public Schools will let students participate, so long as details are coordinated with school officials. That will likely mean walkouts at 10 a.m., even though it may not be the most convenient time during a school day. DeKalb County School

District is encouraging students who want to demonstrate to do so in the early morning or late, but said students will not be disciplined for a “peaceful protest” as long as they remain on campus. Fulton County Schools will allow students to participate in what officials described as a “structured time for the expression of support.” The district will change its middle and high school bell schedules so the timing doesn’t interrupt classes. Students who leave campus will be disciplined as they would on any other day.

Decatur schools may hold “optional, ageappropriate” events. The superintendent also noted that the student code of conduct prohibits walkouts, but said it’s “not appropriate to pre-determine any consequences that may or may not be faced by students who choose to walk-out or encourage others to do so.”

Cobb County said it would work with students to find other ways to express themselves that do not jeopardize safety or take away class time. A Cobb statement described such actions as a “demonstration of empathy” for Florida victims. Cobb said students who disrupt the school day “may be subject to consequences in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct.”

Gwinnett County will work with students to find other ways to express themselves that do not jeopardize safety or take away class time. Clayton County Public

Schools said school leaders will work with students who want to plan demonstrations, which they said would largely take place between 10 and 10:30 a.m.