During a Sept. 25 work session, the Board of Education voted to amend the 2024-2025 calendar it had previously approved in June.
An earlier approved 2024-2025 calendar included an Aug. 19, 2024, start date for students — a date that is printed in the current 2023-2024 Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) Parent Handbook/Calendar.
However, concerns expressed by parents and CCPS staff prompted the Board to take a closer look at the 2024-2025 calendar. Some parents questioned the earlier-than-usual start date, saying it shortened summer break. Staff worried that the start date would limit the time CCPS employees have to prepare for the upcoming school year including hiring new staff, readying buildings and facilities, and the operation of summer programs for students.
The Board approved to move the first day of the next school year for students from Aug. 19 to Aug. 26, 2024, while teachers will return for the 2024-2025 school year on Aug. 19, 2024.
Veteran CCPS teachers come back the week prior to the return of students to prepare their classrooms and attend trainings and events. Teachers new to CCPS typically attend an orientation the week before. For the 2024-2025 school year, new teachers will start orientation events the week of Aug. 12, 2024.
Barring the use of inclement weather days — sometimes referred to as “snow days” — to make up for school closures, the last day for students in the 2024-2025 school year is June 10 with the last day for teachers set for June 11.
For a more detailed look at the 2024-2025 calendar, visit the At-a-Glance calendar at www.ccboe.com.
About CCPS
Charles County Public Schools provides 27,598 students in grades prekindergarten through 12 with an academically challenging education. Located in Southern Maryland, Charles County Public Schools has 37 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).