Next week, Carroll County Schools will open its doors for the first day of school. While the school is the first public school in the Courierarea to begin school this year, Superintendent Carroll Yager said staff and faculty members are already excited about starting the academic year.

"It has been a quick summer," Yager said. "We're really excited about the school year."

The school year may have seemed like it started earlier than previous years, but Yager said this year is actually only a few days earlier than last year's opening day. Yager attributes the early date to the state's decision to add two instructional days onto school calendars throughout the Commonwealth. Kentucky students will now have to attend 187 days of school as compared to the previous year, which had 185 days.

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