With all the hustle and bustle before your kiddos return to class, planning their first day can be a little hectic. Are you ready for your child's first day? See the list of schools and their start dates below. Get ahead and be ready for that first day back to class!

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ELEMENTARY DISTRICTS         FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

• Arvin Union                                  8/7
• Bakersfield City                           8/14
• Beardsley                                     8/14
• Blake                                              8/14
• Buttonwillow Union                    8/14
• Caliente Union** (YR-Sing.)         7/15
• Delano Union** (YR)(TH)             7/29
• DiGiorgio                                      8/7
• Edison                                          8/14
• Elk Hills                                        8/12
• Fairfax                                          8/14
• Fruitvale                                       8/14
• General Shafter                           8/14
• Greenfield Union                         8/14
• Kernville Union                            8/14
• Lakeside Union                           8/14
• Lamont** (YR-Single -TH)          8/1
• Linns Valley-Poso Flat                8/6
• Lost Hills Union                           8/5
• Maple                                          8/14
• McKittrick                                    8/14
• Midway                                       8/12
• Norris                                          8/14
• Panama-Buena Vista                 8/14
• Pond                                           8/5
• Richland                                      8/14
• Rio Bravo-Greeley Union            8/14
• Rosedale Union                          8/14
• Semitropic                                   8/7
• South Fork Union                        8/14
• Standard                                     8/14
• Taft City                                       8/19
• Vineland                                      8/1
• Wasco Union                               8/7

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UNIFIED DISTRICTS                      FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

• El Tejon                                       8/14
• Maricopa                                     8/12
• McFarland                                   8/1
• Mojave                                        8/14
• Muroc                                          8/15
• Sierra Sands                               8/6
• Southern Kern                             8/14
• Tehachapi                                    8/14

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HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS         FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

• Delano Joint Union                      8/14
• Kern High                                    8/14
• Taft Union                                    8/15
• Wasco Union                               8/8

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CHARTER SCHOOLS                   FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

• GROW Academy                          8/1
• REALMS                                       8/5
• Valley Oaks Charter                      8/13
• Wonderful Prep Academy             8/1

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COLLEGES                                      FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

• Kern (Bakersfield College)                8/24
• Kern (Cerro Coso)                             8/24
• Kern (Porterville)                               8/24
• West Kern                                           8/26
• Cal-State University Bakersfield    8/26

(YR) = Year-Round Classes. (TH) = Tradition