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A number of North Georgia school systems are following the recommendation of Gov. Brian Kemp and will be closed next week as local governments react to the Coronavirus.

Hall County Schools will conduct “school from home” for one week starting Monday. Schools in Gainesville, Lumpkin County and White County will also close next week.

"A message will be sent this evening to all families that we will be closed from March 16-20." Gainesville Superintendent Jeremy Williams said in an email

All three districts will have classes on Friday. Hall County said in a news release waiting until Monday to close would give parents time to make child-care arrangements and teachers time to prepare for the week ahead.

Both school districts said they would make a decision about whether to re-open the schools next Thursday.

“The district will monitor closely and assess the situation to determine if school from home should be extended beyond one week,’ the release said.

In Hall County, all field trips are canceled effective immediately. Athletic events, fine arts events and other extracurricular activities are postponed indefinitely. Teams and clubs will not practice or meet during the duration of school from home, the district’s news release said.

Hall County students who do not have a computer or personal device may check one out at their school Friday.

Hall officials also said the cleaning procedures that are already in place will continue once the schools re-open. Custodians will continue to clean classrooms daily with an approved product that kills the Coronavirus. Teachers are expected to clean classrooms as often as possible during the day, wiping down frequently used surfaces as well as Chromebooks, laptop computers, and computer lab equipment, the release said. Bus drivers are disinfecting buses twice a day.

In White County, students will be giving information in class on Friday that will help minimize the loss of instruction while the schools are closed, officials said in a statement.

Other North Georgia Schools who announced closures:

Towns County Schools will be closed until further notice; Habersham County Schools will remain closed from March 16 - 27; Madison County Schools will be closed March 16-27, reopening March 30.

The closings come the same day Gov. Brian Kemp announced the first Coronavirus death in the state. The governor recommended that school districts close for up to two weeks because the response to the virus needs to be more aggressive. He stopped short of mandating schools close.

Elsewhere in Georgia, large school systems in Metro Atlanta -- Cobb, Fulton, DeKalb and City of Atlanta -- all announced plans to close indefinitely.