LEXINGTON, Ga. –Oglethorpe County Board of Education voted on and approved calendar option one for the 2017-2018 academic school year. Under this calendar, classes start August 4^th and end May 22^nd. Fall break is October 9^th and 10^th with a student-teacher holiday listed as February 19^th. There is also a professional learning day on March 12^th. This option was most similar to the current academic calendar. A survey was sent out to parents that offered three different options that would affect the Oglethorpe County School System calendar. Here are the dates and different changes that were proposed:

Option #1:

Classes begin Friday, August 4^th, 2017.

Fall break is on October 9^th and 10^th.

February student-teacher holiday is on the 19^th of the month.

A professional learning day, where students would have no class is March 12^th.

Classes would end Tuesday, May 22^nd.

Option #2:

Classes begin Wednesday, August 2^nd, 2017.

Fall break is on October 5^th and 6th.

February student-teacher holiday is on the 19^th of the month.

A professional learning day, where students would have no class is March 9^th.

Classes would end Friday, May 18^th.

Option #3:

Classes begin Wednesday, August 2^nd, 2017.

Fall break is on October 5^th and 6^h.

Student-teacher holiday lasts a full week from February 19^th to 23^rd.

A professional learning day, where students would have no class is March 16^th.

Classes would end Thursday, May 24^nd.

ALL options include:

Labor Day Holiday on September 4, 2017.

A full week off for Thanksgiving on November 20-24.

Winter break lasting from December 18-2.

Classes starts January 3^rd, 2018.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday on February 19.

Spring break vacation on April 2-6.

The CURRENT 2016-2017 academic calendar:

Classes began Friday, August 5^th, 2017.

Fall break was on October 10^th and 11^th.

February student-teacher holiday is on the 20^th of the month.

A professional learning day, where students would have no class is March 10^th.

Classes end Friday, May 19^th.

The deadline for the survey was February 3^rd at noon. The Oglethorpe County Board of Education said the new 2017-2018 academic calendar would be available by next week.

By: Janie Bohlmann