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.