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.