Houston County School Board Approves Calendar for 2022-2023
Thursday, June 10th, 2021
The Houston County Board of Education approved the school calendar for the 2022-2023 school year during the June 8, 2021, Board meeting. The calendar is similar to the model used for many years. The school year will begin August 1, 2022, and end May 24, 2023.
The calendar may be viewed on the district’s website on the School Calendar page. When planning Houston County’s school calendar, the following is considered:
· State and national testing dates
· 180 days of school for students
· 190 work days for faculty, to include 10 professional learning and planning days
· Traditional holidays
· Dividing the year as close as possible to 90 days per semester
· Ending the first semester before Christmas break so students take finals at the end of the semester instead of after the break.
The school calendar observes these holidays: Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Presidents' Day. The calendar has a week off in October for fall break, in November for Thanksgiving and the end of March for spring break. Students and employees will also be off for two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s holidays between the first and second semesters.
Students will have a half-day the end of each semester, on Dec. 16, 2022, and May 24, 2023. Graduation is planned for May 26 and 27, 2023, the weekend before Memorial Day.
