2024-2025 Feedback Survey on Draft Calendars

  • As a reminder, the calendars for the 2022-2023 School Year and the 2023-2024 School Year are already approved on our website.

    The Kershaw County School District is working on its calendar for the 2024-2025 school year and would like your input. As you know, KCSD began using a modified year-round calendar during the 2021-2022 school year, which allows school to open in early August and provide breaks throughout the year.

    Please take a few minutes between now and December 9 to look at the possible calendar options and give us your feedback:

    Your input will be shared with the district calendar committee who makes the recommendation to our superintendent and school board. The final version should be approved by February. 

Draft A

  • Draft A

    [ Download Draft A PDF (English) ]

    [ Download Draft A PDF (Spanish) ]

    Highlights:

    • Even semesters (90 days/90 days)
    • Students’ first day: August 1
    • Labor Day Holiday: September 2
    • Fall Break: October 7-11
    • Election Day Holiday (mandated by state law): November 5
    • Thanksgiving Break: November 27-29
    • Winter Break: December 23 – January 3
    • Martin Luther King Holiday: January 20
    • Presidents Day Holiday: February 17
    • March Holiday: March 17
    • Spring Break: April 14-18
    • Students’ last day (Friday before Memorial Day): May 23
    • Early dismissal day: December 20, May 22 and May 23
    • Weather Makeup Days: February 17, March 14 and March 17

Draft B

  • Draft B

    [ Download Draft B PDF (English) ]

    [ Download Draft B PDF (Spanish) ]

    Highlights:

    • Uneven semesters (89 days/91 days)
    • Students’ first day: August 1
    • Labor Day Holiday: September 2
    • Fall Break: October 7-11
    • Election Day Holiday (mandated by state law): November 5
    • Thanksgiving Break: November 27-29
    • Winter Break: December 20 – January 3
    • Martin Luther King Holiday: January 20
    • Presidents Day Holiday: February 17
    • March Holiday: March 17
    • Spring Break: April 14-18
    • Students’ last day (Thursday after Memorial Day): May 29
    • Early dismissal day: December 19, May 28 and May 29
    • Weather Make-up Days: February 14, March 14, April 21

Calendar Requirements

  • Below are all the factors the District Calendar Committee must consider when selecting the calendar for a school year:

    • 180 instructional days for students and 190 employment days for teachers including 10 teacher days of which at least 3 must be professional development days.
       

    State testing program

    • Grade 2 Gifted and Talented Screening (IA and CogAT)
      Tentative: Five days between the last week of October through the second week of November

    • Grade 11 College-Ready Assessments (The ACT/SAT)
      Tentative: First two weeks of March

    • Grade 11 Career-Ready Assessments
      Tentative: Last two weeks of March

    • Grades 3-8 Assessments (SC READY and SCPASS)
      Last 20 days of school

    • End of Course Examination Program (EOCEP)
      Last 15 days of the semester or year, depending on the length of the class

    Holidays

    • General Election Day
    • Fall Break (5 days – new in 2021-22 school year)
    • Labor Day
    • Thanksgiving (3 days)
    • Christmas (10 days)
    • Martin Luther King Day
    • Spring Break (5 days) traditionally


    Weather days

    At least 3 are designated.

     

    Start Date

    The opening date for students must not be before the third Monday in August, except for schools operating on a year-round modified school calendar.