Board of Education approves school calendar for 2023-24 academic year

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, April 6, 2023

BEAUFORT – The Beaufort County Board of Education has approved the district’s academic calendar for the 2023-24 school year.

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The first day for students will be Monday, August 21, 2023, and the final day of classes will be a half-day on Wednesday, June 5, 2024.

Current state law mandates that no South Carolina public school may begin classes prior to the third Monday in August, which this year is August 21. 

Dates schools will be closed for students are Sept. 4 (Labor Day); Nov. 7 (Election Day); Nov. 22-24 (Thanksgiving); Dec. 22-Jan. 5, 2023 (winter break); Jan. 15, 2024 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day); February 19, 2024 (President’s Day); Friday, March 29, 2024 (Good Friday); April 8 (vacation day); April 15-19, 2024 (spring break); May 27, 2024 (Memorial Day); June 19 (Juneteenth); and July 4 (Independence Day).

Three potential virtual weather make-up days are included: Jan. 3, March 28, and April 8.

Summer Institute for employees will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, August 9- 10. Teacher professional development days are Monday-Friday, August 14-18; Thursday and Friday, Jan. 4-5; Friday, Feb. 16; and Thursday and Friday, June 6-7. (As per state law, schools should use no more than two days to prepare for the opening of school with three days for collegial professional development, and the remaining five days to be used for teacher planning, academic plans, and parent conferences, for a total of 10 professional development days.)

High school graduation dates for 2024 are June 3 (May River), June 4 (Beaufort), June 5 (Bluffton), June 6 (Battery Creek and Hilton Head Island), and June 7 (Whale Branch Early College). June 7 is also a graduation make-up day in the event of inclement weather.