LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It's nearly time to pack away the swim floaties and pool noodles. The first day of school is fast-approaching for many students in Kentucky and southern Indiana.
The vast majority of Kentucky-Indiana area schools open on Wednesday, August 7. Kentucky's largest school district, Jefferson County Public Schools, however, starts on Thursday, Aug. 8th.
Schools in our area with the earliest start date are within the Silver Creek School Corporation in Sellersburg, Indiana. Students there started classes on Thursday, July 25.
Jefferson County
JCPS – Thursday, Aug. 8
Archdiocese of Louisville – Tuesday, Aug. 13
University of Louisville – Monday, Aug. 19
University of Kentucky – Monday, Aug. 26
Bellarmine – Thursday, Aug. 22
Outside Jefferson County
Silver Creek School Corporation (Sellersburg, Ind.): Thursday, July 25
New Albany Floyd County Consolidated Schools: Wednesday, July 31
Greater Clark County Schools: Thursday, Aug. 1
Bardstown City Schools: Thursday, Aug. 1
Clarksville Community Schools: Monday, Aug. 5
Scott County School District 1 (Indiana): Monday, Aug. 5
Bullitt County Public Schools: Tuesday, Aug. 6
East Washington School Corporation: Wednesday, Aug. 7
Grayson County Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 7
North Harrison County Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 7
Salem Community Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 7
Scott County School District 2 (Indiana): Wednesday, Aug. 7
Breckinridge County Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 7
Green County School District: Wednesday, Aug. 7
Hardin County Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 7
LaRue County Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 7
Marion County Public Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 7
Meade County Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 7
Shelby County Public Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 7
Spencer County District: Wednesday, Aug. 7
West Washington Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 7
Elizabethtown Schools: Thursday, Aug. 8
Oldham County Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 14
Nelson County Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 14
Henry County Public Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 14
South Harrison Community Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 14
Trimble County Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 14
Taylor County School District: Wednesday, Aug. 14
Adair County Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 14
Washington County Schools (Kentucky): Monday, Aug. 26