ALBANY, GA --
R.D. Harter of the Dougherty County School System has issued the following press release about Live Oak Elementary School:

After a thorough assessment of the power outage at Live Oak Elementary School this morning caused by a traffic accident that impacted a power line pole, students are attending classes in the school but will be released early today.

Classes will be dismissed and buses will run at 1:45 this afternoon. Students who are picked up by their parents, guardians or by daycare transportation vans should be picked up at 1:45 this afternoon.

Students who attend the Live Oak after school program will be transported to the Lake Park Elementary after school program at 1:45. Parents should pick up these children at Lake Park Elementary School, 605 Meadowlark Drive, before 6:00 pm. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding in our dealing with this event.