HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – Holland Public Schools are ready for their first day of classes on Wednesday August 24.
It will be a first for the school district starting before Labor Day. The Holland Board of Education voted in favor in May of 2016. In Michigan under current law, public schools must start after Labor Day, but waivers from the Michigan Department of Education became available for schools to start earlier.
School Superintendent Brian Davis says they are ready to start the school year and have updated their website. The updated version is more user friendly and more visually appealing.
Open Houses on Monday, August 22, will have students and parents getting back into the swing of things.
“Since we applied for a waiver back in the Spring to start early, since that time 300 school districts have applied for the waivers.” Davis says. “There are a number of reasons why other schools have applied for the waiver. Largely because so many school activities are back in session, families are back to their routine, school days were added to the calender by state law and we’re really trying to mitigate some of that summer loss for our students. Talking to a number of students and parents, they are ready to go back.” Davis told WHTC news.
Holland High’s first scrimmage of the football season is Thursday, August 18, at Oakridge High School.
