10 Clark, Champaign schools start classes this week

Back to School: Dates when local students open the 2023-34 school year.

Students in several local school districts will head back to classes this week for the 2023-24 school year.

The districts in Clark and Champaign counties to begin are Northwestern, Graham, Springfield-Clark Career Technology Center, Urbana, Global Impact STEM Academy, Mechanicsburg, Springfield, Clark-Shawnee, Greenon and Southeastern.

The remaining districts will return to classes the week of Aug. 28, and all area students will be back by September. Three area districts started last week.

Many districts have separate start dates for preschool and kindergarten students versus grades 1 through 12. In those cases, preschool and kindergarten kids often start a few days later than the rest of the school. Check your individual school district’s calendar for details.

Here’s a list of the back-to-school dates for local public and career tech schools.

Tuesday: Northwestern Local Schools, Graham Local Schools, Springfield-Clark Career Technology Center (CTC) incoming students, Urbana City Schools group A.

Wednesday: Global Impact STEM Academy, Mechanicsburg Exempted Village Schools, Springfield City Schools grades 1-9, Springfield-Clark (CTC) all students, Urbana group B.

Thursday: Clark-Shawnee Local Schools grades 1-12, Greenon Local Schools all students 1-12 and kindergarten last names A-M, Southeastern Local Schools, Springfield grades 10-12, Urbana group C.

Friday: Greenon kindergarten last names N-Z.

Aug. 29: Clark-Shawnee Local Schools preschool and kindergarten last names A-L, Northeastern Local Schools students last name A-K, Springfield kindergarten last names A-L.

Aug. 30: Clark-Shawnee Local Schools kindergarten last names M-Z, Northeastern students last name L-Z, Springfield kindergarten last name M-Z.

Aug. 31: Clark-Shawnee Local Schools all kindergarten students, Northeastern all students, Springfield all kindergarten students.

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