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<p><strong>From staff reports&nbsp;</strong></p>
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<p>The Beaufort County Board of Education has approved the district’s academic calendar for the 2022-23 school year.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>The first day for students will be Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, and the final day of classes will be a half-day on Friday, June 2, 2023.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Current state law mandates that no South Carolina public school can begin classes prior to the third Monday in August, which this year is August 15.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Dates schools will be closed for students are Sept. 5 (Labor Day); Monday, Oct. 17 (vacation day); Nov. 11 (Veterans Day); Nov. 23-25 (Thanksgiving); Dec. 19-Jan. 4, 2023 (winter break); Jan. 16, 2023 (Martin Luther King Jr. Day); February 20, 2023 (President’s Day); Friday, March 17, 2023 (vacation day); April 7-14, 2023 (spring break); and May 29, 2023 (Memorial Day).&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Three potentially virtual possible weather make-up days are included: Dec. 19-20 and April 14.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Teacher work days are Monday-Friday, Aug. 8-12; Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 3-4; Friday, Feb. 10; and Monday and Tuesday, June 5-6.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>High school graduation dates for 2023 are June 5 (May River); June 6 (Beaufort); June 7 (Bluffton); June 8 (Battery Creek); June 9 (Hilton Head); and June 10 (Whale Branch).&nbsp;</p>
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