Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Meria Carstarphen announced the closure on Twitter around 10:30 a.m. Monday. Clayton County Public Schools announced a few minutes later.

DeKalb County School District officials announced classes will be canceled Tuesday “out of an abundance of caution” for the snow forecast.

Just after noon on Monday, Cobb County Schools announced Tuesday classes were off. The district said it will closely watch weather conditions and will provide an update regarding Wednesday's schedule on Tuesday.

Both Carstarphen and Clayton Superintendent Morcease J. Beasley cited Gov. Brian Kemp's decision to close state offices in numerous north Georgia counties, including Fulton, where one to two inches of snow is possible.

APS will be in alignment with @GovKemp & @CityofAtlanta on closing Tuesday, Jan. 29. All events cancelled too. (APS families, pls prepare & plan accordingly. Students, take home your books to do homework and reading while home 2mrrw.) Be safe! It’s going to be cold out there! https://t.co/5zOV6FUVqB — Meria Carstarphen (@CarstarphenMJ) January 28, 2019

Carstarphen said the school district of roughly 52,000 students “will be in alignment” with the state and will close Tuesday.

She urged students to take home their books today so they can do homework and reading while home on Tuesday and asked families to “prepare and plan accordingly.”

“Be safe! It’s going to be cold out there!” Carstarphen tweeted.

Beasley said the weather forecast will cancel all after-school activities as well, and a planned State of the Schools event.