When Does School Begin in Shreveport Bossier?

Before you know it, the school bells will be ringing across the area. Here are the dates for when students return to class for the 2018-2019 school year.

Caddo Parish

August 6-10 New Teacher Professional Development
August 8-10 All Teachers -- Professional Development Days
August 13 All students Report

Bossier Parish

August 6 and 7 Teacher in service days
August 8 All students Report

DeSoto Parish

August 2 General Staff Orientation/Professional Dev.
August 3 Teacher Work Day (No Students)
August 6 First Day for all students

Webster Parish

August 6 Back to School Bash
August 9 Teachers Report to Schools
August 10 Parish-Wide In-service
August 13 All students report

You are probably already seeing folks get started on back to school shopping. Retail analysts predict sales will go up by more than 5 percent this year as a direct result of back to school shopping. This would be the highest increase in 7 seven years. Experts say an increase in disposable income is the cause for the expected spending boom.