School opening dates in the DC area

By WTOP Staff
August 12, 2016 | 9:00 AM

WASHINGTON — Summer can’t last forever, and at some point in the next few weeks, all D.C.-area kids will have returned to school.

Below is the list of the first day of school in each system in the region. The links go to each system’s full school-year calendar.

D.C.

D.C.: Aug. 22

Virginia

Alexandria: Sept. 6 (Aug. 4 for the Samuel W. Tucker Elementary School)

Arlington: Sept. 6 (Sept. 7 for VPI and pre-K special education)

Culpeper County: Opened Aug. 9

Falls Church: Sept. 6

Fairfax County: Sept. 6

Fauquier County: Aug. 17

Frederick County: Aug. 17

Fredericksburg: Sept. 6

Loudoun County: Aug. 29

Manassas: Aug. 29

Manassas Park City: Aug. 15 for grades 1-12; Aug. 16 for kindergarten

Prince William County: Aug. 29

Stafford County: Sept. 6

Spotsylvania County: Sept. 6

Warren County: Aug. 15

Maryland

Anne Arundel County: Aug. 22 for grades 1-6 and 9; Aug. 23 for all grades

Baltimore City: Aug. 29

Baltimore County: Aug. 24

Calvert County: Aug. 29

Carroll County: Aug. 29

Charles County: Aug. 29

Frederick County: Aug. 22

Howard County: Aug. 29

Montgomery County: Aug. 29

Prince George’s County: Aug. 23

St. Mary’s County: Aug. 24

Washington County: Aug. 17

West Virginia

Jefferson County: Aug. 18

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