DCSS to delay January return to school DCSS to delay January return to school By WALB News Team | December 16, 2020 at 10:17 AM EST - Updated December 16 at 7:17 PM ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - The Dougherty County School System will push back its January return to school by a week, according to the school district. Based on a recommendation from Superintendent Kenneth Dyer, students will return on Jan. 11. Students were originally slated to come back on Jan. 5. School district employees will start the year working remotely on Jan. 4 and will return in-person on Jan. 7. “Our student’s first day of school was supposed to be January 5th. We are delaying that to January 11th. And the reason is that will provide us more time to monitor any possible symptoms that result from the holidays,” said Superintendent Kenneth Dyer.