The Alliance School Board has approved the district’s 2013-2014 school year calendar.

School will begin on Thursday, August 15, 2013.

Students and staff members first break will be Labor Day, September 2.

Fall Parent-Teacher Conferences will be Thursday, October 24, with fall break to follow on October 25-27.

Days off will include a five-day break for Thanksgiving, November 27-December 1, and counting weekends, December 21, 2013 through January 5, 2014 for Christmas and New Year’s.

There will be no days off from January 6 through March 3 of 2014, and then two consecutive weeks where students are only in school for one day due to parent teacher conferences and staff development days. Parent Teacher Conferences will be March 4 and March 11, with the staff development days March 5-7 and March 12-14.

A four-day Easter weekend break will be provided April 18-21, with all classes dismissed on May 16 and the Class of 2014 graduating on May 18.

Teachers will be on the job for 185 days, while high school and middle school students will attend class for 175 days and Elementary Students in class for 172 days.