Hoover school board has approved the 2023-24 school calendar

The Hoover school board already has approved a calendar for the 2023-24 school year with no significant changes from this year’s calendar.

The start and ending dates for students are roughly in the same time period, there still is a full week off for Thanksgiving, and students have two full weeks and two days off for winter break and a full week for spring break. Also, there is one elearning day in each semester, and school lets out before Memorial Day.

Here are the key dates for the 2023-24 school year:

• Aug. 3-4 — District professional development (flexible time) and new teacher orientation
• Aug. 7 — Teacher workday/institute
• Aug. 8 — School professional development (no students)
• Aug. 9 — Teacher workday
• Aug. 10 — First day of school for students
• Sept. 4 — Labor Day holiday
• Oct. 6 — End of first nine weeks
• Oct. 9 — Elearning day
• Nov. 10 — Veterans Day holiday
• Nov. 20-24 — Thanksgiving holiday
• Dec. 15 — End of first semester
• Dec. 18-Jan. 2 — Winter holiday
• Jan. 1 — New Year’s Day holiday
• Jan. 2 — Teacher workday
• Jan. 3 — Students return to school
• Jan. 15 — Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
• Feb. 19 — School professional development (no students)
• March 15 — End of third nine weeks
• March 25-29 — Spring break
• April 12 — Elearning day
• May 23 — Last day for students
• May 24 — Teacher workday
• May 27 — Memorial Day holiday
• May 28 — TEAMS professional development
• June 19 — Juneteenth holiday
• July 4 — Independence Day holiday