(WTXL) — School districts across the Big Bend and South Georgia have announced tentative dates for when schools will reopen for the 2020-2021 school year.
Below is a list of when students in our area are scheduled to start school:
FLORIDA
- Leon County: August 31, in-person and virtual options
- Florida State University: August 24, in-person
- Florida A&M University: August 24, in-person
- St. John Paull II Catholic High School: August 24
- Trinity Catholic School: August 24
- Florida State University Schools: Distance learning on August 19, on campus learning on August 31
- Gadsden County: August 31, in-person and virtual options
- Wakulla County: August 13, in-person
- Jefferson County: August 24
- Madison County: August 24 (Pre-K, kindergarten, 1st, 6th, and 9th) with in-person and distance learning options, August 26 (all other grade levels return)
- Taylor County: August 17 for Pre-K, August 24, in-person for K-12
- Lafayette County: August 17, in-person
- Suwannee County: August 10, in-person
- Hamilton County: August 10
- Franklin County: August 14, in-person and virtual options
- Jackson County: August 24, in-person
- Liberty County: August 31
GEORGIA
- Valdosta State University: August 17
- Lowndes County: August 14, in-person and virtual options
- Valdosta City Schools: September 8 , in-person and virtual options
- Thomas County: September 8, in-person and virtual options
- Thomasville City Schools: September 8, in-person and remote learning options
- Decatur County: August 12 remote learning starts through August 28 at minimum, in-person starts August 31
- Grady County: September 8, in-person and virtual options
- Brooks County: September 8, in-person
- Lanier County: August 24, in-person
- Echols County: August 21, in-person
- Tift County: August 7
- Clinch County: August 10, in-person
- Seminole County: August 24, in-person
- Miller County: September 8, in-person and distant learning options
- Colquitt County:August 17, in-person and virtual options
- Berrien County: August 13, students with last name beginning with A-K start in-person, August 14 students with last name beginning with L-Z starts in-person. August 17 all students return in-person & remote learning options.
- Cook County: August 10
- Baker County: August 24
This document is continuously being updated with information as districts release more information on their plans for reopening. If you have information to share about your district's reopening plans, please submit a news tip here.