BUCKHANNON — Upshur County Schools recently announced a list of important dates for the 2022-2023 school year. Early dismissal and professional learning days, that are listed, are meant to allow administrators and staff to review data and create plans that will be used to positively impact instructional practices.

Upshur County Board of Education meetings are open to the public. Most meetings are held at Buckhannon- Upshur High School (B-UHS). However, throughout the school year, meetings are held at different locations to spotlight all the wonderful schools in the county. These different locations are listed in the calendar below.

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The important dates are as follows:

August

9: Board Meeting at Buckhannon-Upshur High School at 6 p.m.

11: Professional Meeting Day – Personnel Only

12: Open House at Rock Cave Elementary School at 4 to 6 p.m.

12: Professional Meeting Day – Personnel Only

15: Prep Day – Two-Hour Faculty Senate

15: Open House at Washington District Elementary School (WDES), Union Elementary School (UES), Tennerton Elementary School (TES), Buckhannon Academy Elementary School (BAES), French Creek Elementary School (FCES) and Hodgesville Elementary School (HES) at 4 to 6 p.m.

16: First day on campus for Pre-Kindergarten, kindergarten, sixth and ninth

16: Open House at B-UHS and B-Upshur Middle School at 4 to 6 p.m.

17: First day of school for all grades

23: Board Meeting at B-UHS at 6 p.m.

September

2: Early dismissal at 12:30 p.m. – In Lieu

5: Labor Day – No School

13: Board meeting at RCES at 6 p.m.

16: Mid-term – first nine weeks

27: Board meeting at HES at 6 p.m.

30: B-UHS Family/Teacher Conferences

October

5: B-UMS Family/Teacher Conferences

7: Elementary Schools Family/Teacher Conferences

11: Board meeting at FCES at 6 p.m.

14: Professional learning day – No students

18: End of first nine weeks

24: Grade cards go home

25: Board meeting at WDES at 6 p.m.

November

8: Election Day – No school

11: Holiday: Veteran’s Day- No school

15: Board meeting at B-UHS at 6 p.m.

18: Early dismissal at 12:30 p.m.

24: Holiday: Thanksgiving Day

21-25: Thanksgiving Break

29: Mid-term – second nine weeks

29: Board meeting at BAES at 6 p.m.

December

13: Board meeting at UES at 6 p.m.

21: Early dismissal at 12:30 p.m., Faculty Senate meeting

22: No school

22: Last day of first semester

26: Holiday: Christmas Eve

23-3: Winter/Christmas Break – No students

January

2: Holiday: New Year’s Eve

3: First day of second semester

9: Grade cards go home

10: Board meeting at TES at 6 p.m.

13: Outside Environment Day – No students

16: Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

24: Board meeting at B-UMS at 6 p.m., First calendar hearing

February

6: Mid-term – third nine weeks

7: Board meeting at B-UHS at 6 p.m., Second calendar hearing

17: Professional Learning Day – No students

20: Outside Environment Day – No students

21: Board meeting at B-UHS at 6 p.m.

24: B-UHS Family/Teacher Conferences

March

1: B-UMS Family/Teacher Conferences

3: Elementary Schools Family/Teacher Conferences

8: End of third nine weeks

10: Early dismissal at 12:30 p.m.

14: Grade cards go home

14: Board meeting at B-UHS at 6 p.m.

28: Board meeting at B-UHS at 6 p.m.

April

3-7: Spring Break

11: Board meeting at B-UHS at 6 p.m.

14: Out of calendar day – No students

18: Board meeting at TBA at 7:30 a.m., Budget workshop

18: Board meeting at TBA at 10 a.m., Reconvened from March 14

19: Mid-term – fourth nine weeks

25: Board meeting at B-UHS at 6 p.m.

May

9: Board meeting at FETC at 6 p.m.

19: No school

23: Board meeting at B-UHS at 6 p.m.

26: Buckhannon-Upshur High School Graduation

26: Early dismissal at 12:30 p.m.

26: Last day for students/last day of second semester

29: Holiday: Memorial Day

30: Prep Day- Two-Hour Faculty Senate

31: Family/teacher in lieu day

June

1-6: Outside School Environment Day – No students

3: Grade cards go home

8-30: Out of calendar days

13: Board meeting at B-UHS at 6 p.m.