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Cherokee Schools to stay closed due to ice, expects to re-open Wednesday

Kaylee Collins (front) and her friend Lana Anderson, both 9, sled down ice covered Pine Terrace Road away from a abandoned truck stuck on the ice in Cherokee Falls Estates at the Lake subdivision in the aftermath of the winter storm on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, in Canton.

Credit: Curtis Compton

Credit: Curtis Compton

Kaylee Collins (front) and her friend Lana Anderson, both 9, sled down ice covered Pine Terrace Road away from a abandoned truck stuck on the ice in Cherokee Falls Estates at the Lake subdivision in the aftermath of the winter storm on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, in Canton.
By Ben Brasch
Jan 9, 2017

Cherokee County students won't be going to school Tuesday due to icy conditions from a weekend winter storm.

Cherokee Schools announced the news on its now-famous Twitter account.

But the district expects to re-open Wednesday.

A winter storm was expected to bring 4 inches of snow to the area but only brought hazardous, icy roads.

The icy conditions kept students in Cherokee and other northern metro Atlanta counties out of school Monday.

Cobb DOT: Roads should clear before Monday thanks to 450 tons of salt

Channel 2's Audrey Washington reports.

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