Andalusia sets Aug. 7 start date for school
Published 12:26 am Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Andalusia students will begin the 2017-18 school year on Mon., Aug. 7, and end the school year on Thurs., May 24.
The Andalusia Board of Education approved the academic calendar Monday.
Other dates include:
- Sept. 4 – Labor Day holiday
- Sept. 25 – Early release day for student.
- Oct. 9 – Columbus Day
- Nov. 10 – Veteran’s Day
- Nov. 20-24 – Thanksgiving holidays
- Dec. 21 – to Jan. 5 – Christmas holidays for students (Teacher inservice on Jan. 4 and 5)
- Feb. 16 – Teacher inservice day
- Feb. 19 – King/Lee holiday
- March 26-30 – Spring break
- April 19 – Early release day for students
- April 20 – Spring holiday
- May 24 – Last day for students
- May 25 – Teacher inservice day
- May 28 – Memorial day
In other business, the board accepted resignations from:
- Betty Holmes, AES kindergarten teacher, who is retiring after 26 years.
- Joan Mitchell, AES speech language pathologist, who is retiring after 14 years in the system.
- Jeremy Burchfield, mechanic helper/bus driver, who resigned.