Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) and the Board of Education of Charles County would like input on the 2025-2026 school calendar. The Board of Education approves the school calendar one to two years in advance.
At the April 16 Board meeting, staff presented two draft calendar options for the Board’s consideration. Review the options here on the CCPS website. The website also includes a link to a calendar survey. CCPS encourages parents, staff, students and community members to provide feedback on the proposed calendar options.
The Board will review survey feedback at its May 21 meeting and is expected to act on the 2025-2026 calendar proposals at its June meeting.
Both calendar options include an August start date for students, two-week closure dates for winter break, one week for spring break, and early dismissal days for students and teachers. Early dismissal days are required by the negotiated teacher contract for planning time and report card/interim prep time. Both options outline inclement weather days in June.
The calendar proposals also include 180 student attendance days and 190 contracted teacher workdays. The calendar drafts, as well as the survey, are available in English and Spanish. Deadline to complete the survey is 11:59 p.m., Friday, May 10.
Notes about 2024-2025 calendar
The calendar for the 2024-2025 school year was approved by the Board in 2023. Dates for the coming school year are posted on the CCPS website at https://www.ccboe.com/about/calendar/at-a-glance-2024-25-calendar.
Paper copies of the current 2023-2024 CCPS Parent Handbook/Calendar list the first day of school for students in August 2024 as Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. This date was moved to Monday, Aug. 26. Teachers report back on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, with students starting school the following week on Monday, Aug. 26. These changes were approved by the Board.
Additionally, the current calendar shows a school closure day for students only in September 2024 on Friday, Sept. 20. The school closure day in September 2024 was moved to Friday, Sept. 13.
About CCPS
Charles County Public Schools provides 27,765 students in grades prekindergarten through 12 with an academically challenging education. Located in Southern Maryland, Charles County Public Schools has 38 schools that offer a technologically advanced, progressive and high quality education that builds character, equips for leadership and prepares students for life, careers and higher education.
The Charles County public school system does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its programs, activities or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Kathy Kiessling, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial M. Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (employees/ adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-932-6610/301-870-3814. For special accommodations call 301-934-7230 or TDD 1-800-735-2258 two weeks prior to the event. CCPS provides nondiscriminatory equal access to school facilities in accordance with its Use of Facilities rules to designated youth groups (including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts).