Care-free days of summer will soon be traded in for back-to-the-books instruction time. But when is the best time to start the school year in West Virginia?
Eyewitness News wants your opinion, and you can weigh in in our poll below on whether you favor the school year starting before Labor Day or after Labor Day.
The West Virginia Department of Education has a calendar posted online that gives the dates for the first day of instruction for all of the state’s 55 counties. Click here to view the calendar.
Here are the dates for the first day of school for students for other Mountain State counties in the Eyewitness News viewing area:
* Cabell, Aug. 17
* Lincoln, Aug. 18
* Boone, Aug. 18
* Kanawha, Aug. 22
* Putnam, Aug. 24
* Jackson, Aug. 24
* Wayne, Aug. 25
* Logan, Aug. 25
* Mingo, Aug. 29
* Nicholas, Aug. 22
* Clay, Aug. 23
* Braxton, Aug. 15
* Roane, Aug. 24
* Calhoun, Aug. 17
* Wirt, Aug. 18
* Mason, Aug. 18
* Lincoln, Aug. 18
* Boone, Aug. 18
* Jackson, Aug. 24
* Wayne, Aug. 25
* Logan, Aug. 25
* Mingo, Aug. 29
* Nicholas, Aug. 22
* Clay, Aug. 23
* Braxton, Aug. 15
* Roane, Aug. 24
* Calhoun, Aug. 17
* Wirt, Aug. 18
* Mason, Aug. 18