2022-2023 Calendar Passed with a Few Changes

Dr. Johnny Branch, Superintendent of Schools has announced that at the April Regular Board Meeting, the Mingo County Board of Education passed calendar option C, with a few adjustments, for the 2022-2023 school year. The calendar has been submitted to the West Virginia Board of Education for final approval.

The school year will begin for 200-day employees on August 23, with the first day for students on August 29, one-week before the long, Labor Day weekend.

There is also a long weekend for students prior to the November election day.

Students will not report the week of Thanksgiving, but there are two professional learning days for staff at the start of that week.

Christmas break for students will begin December 20 and students will return January 4. Staff will report one-day earlier on January 3.

The Spring Break will occur for students March 24 through 31. Staff will have a Professional Learning Day on Friday, March 24, just before the break.

The major change to the calendar was the addition of an out-of-calendar day applied to Good Friday and to the Monday following Easter Sunday. A faculty senate day is scheduled the Thursday before the Easter weekend. This means students have a five-day weekend break for the holiday.

The last day for students will now be June 6, and the last day for 200-day employees will be June 13.

Mingo County School District’s mask requirements will be guided by the current public health guidelines and the West Virginia Department of Education School Recovery and Guidance. 

Click here to download the Mingo County Schools Universal Mask Guidelines

Click here to download Mingo County Schools Mask Choice Form

KINDERGARTEN PRE-REGISTRATION

Students who did not attend Head Start/PK, and who will be entering Kindergarten in the fall of 2022, need to pre-register for kindergarten.

If you have a child that will be five (5) years old before July 1, 2022, please click the link below to access the registration form.

Note: A copy of the students' birth certificate from the Vital Statistics Office, current immunization record and social security card will be required prior to the start of the school year.

Click here for pre-registration form for Kindergarten.

LATEST COVID-19 GUIDANCE FROM WVDE

New Covid-19 guidance has been released from the West Virginia Department of Education, in cooperation with the WVDHHR. The document can be found on the district home page at  mingoschools.com or by clicking this link. It is important to note that staff and students will no longer be required to quarantine if they are contacts of a Covid-positive person. Anyone who begins to experience symptoms or has a positive test result will still be required to isolate. Parents will be notified by email and text messages of Pre-K though 8 classrooms with positive cases. Be sure your contact information is updated at your school, if you are not currently receiving county announcements in your email or text.  High School parents should monitor the daily tracker on the website for new cases in those schools. Please be aware that the universal masking policy is still in place.

Click this link for the WVDE COVID-19 guidance document.