Starting dates for area schools

Amherst: Today
Avon: Monday, Aug. 27
Avon Lake: Monday, Aug. 27
Brookside: Thursday, Aug. 23, for middle and elementary schools; Friday, Aug. 24, for the high school
Clearview: Today
Christian Community School in Grafton: Wednesday, Aug. 29
Columbia: Monday, Aug. 27
Elyria Catholic: Thursday
Elyria: Monday, Aug. 27
Firelands: Tuesday, Aug. 28
First Baptist Christian: Tuesday, Aug. 28
Keystone: Tuesday, Aug. 28
Lake Ridge Academy in North Ridgeville: Monday, Aug. 27
Lorain: Monday, Aug. 27
Lorain County Joint Vocational School: Tuesday, Aug. 28, for juniors; Wednesday, Aug. 29, all students
Midview: Tuesday, Aug. 28
North Ridgeville: Wednesday, Aug. 29, for second- through 12th-graders; Thursday, Aug. 30, for first-graders
Oberlin: Tuesday, Aug. 28
Open Door Christian School, Elyria: Tuesday, Aug. 28
Vermilion: Tuesday, Aug. 28
Wellington:  Wednesday, Aug. 29