Marshall County KY 2026–27 Calendar, Board Meetings & Parent Help
Marshall County Board of Education searches can return school districts from several states. This guide covers Marshall County Schools in Benton, Kentucky, using the district domain marshall.kyschools.us and Board office at 86 High School Road.
Use it for the current 2026–27 school calendar, Board meetings and KSBA records, online registration, Infinite Campus, free breakfast and lunch, Meal Benefits, preschool, transportation, attendance, Family Resource and Youth Service Centers, Special Education, student records, emergency information and the right district contact.
Marshall County Board of Education Kentucky quick facts
Board office
86 High School Road, Benton, KY 42025.
Main phone
Fax
270-527-0804.
Superintendent
Bill Thorpe.
Wrong-state warning: this is Marshall County Schools in Kentucky. Marshall County school systems in Alabama, Tennessee, West Virginia and other states have different calendars, offices, Board members and websites.
Start here for current announcements, schools, departments and family tools.
Open Marshall County Schools Kentucky →Marshall County Schools 2026–27 calendar
The Marshall County Board of Education approved the 2026–27 school calendar in December 2025. The new school-year calendar should replace the old 2025–26 dates that previously dominated this guide.
How the school year is structured
Student days
The calendar identifies 172 student instructional days.
Educator work days
The calendar includes educator work days that are not regular student attendance days.
Professional learning
District PD and Flex PD days are separately marked.
Weather changes
Emergency closures or Board-approved changes can affect the original calendar.
Planning rule: use these dates for orientation, then open the current official calendar before booking travel, arranging childcare or assuming a makeup day. Weather and emergency decisions can alter a published schedule.
The district’s calendar link is the final source for school-year date planning.
Open Marshall County Board / School Calendar →Use the KSBA portal for Marshall County Board meetings
The Kentucky School Boards Association public portal provides a much stronger meeting record than relying only on a generic district events page.
Meeting date & type
Regular, special and other posted meetings are identified separately.
Agenda
Open a specific meeting to see presentations, reports, consent items and action items.
Minutes
Where posted, minutes provide the approved record of prior Board action.
A July 16, 2026 regular meeting was posted for 5:00 p.m. Central Time in the Board Room at 86 High School Road, Benton. Its agenda included Public Comments, Superintendent Report, Instructional Report, Attendance/Safety Report and Transportation/Facilities Report.
Do not convert one meeting into a permanent schedule. Marshall County’s 2026 portal shows regular and special meetings at varying dates and times. Open the exact current posting before traveling.
Open the KSBA Marshall County portal
Start with the district’s official public meeting record.
Select the meeting
Confirm whether it is regular, special or another meeting type.
Check time and location
Do not assume every meeting uses the same time.
Read the agenda before attending
Use the agenda to understand what the Board is scheduled to discuss or act on.
Use the KSBA public portal for the meeting-specific record.
Open Marshall County KSBA Board Meetings →Want to address the Marshall County Board?
Recent regular Board agendas include a dedicated Public Comments item. Participation rules can depend on Board policy and the meeting being held, so the specific agenda and current policy should control.
Who handles common Marshall County district questions?
| Area | Current district contact | Best use |
|---|---|---|
| Superintendent | Bill Thorpe | District leadership and system-level administration. |
| Pupil Personnel | Brent Lovett | Attendance and pupil-personnel matters. |
| Transportation / Facilities | Allan Smith | Transportation and district facilities. |
| Special Education | Kevin Stephens | District-level Special Education questions. |
| Food Services | McKenzie Suiter | School nutrition and food-service questions. |
| Infinite Campus support | Denae Shelton | Registration and Parent Portal assistance. |
Staff titles can change. Use the live district Staff directory before publishing, emailing or relying on a named employee for a future school year.
Search the live district directory by name or role.
Open Marshall County Schools Staff Directory →Returning and new students use different registration paths
Returning student
Every returning Marshall County student must complete the 2026–27 Annual Update through the existing family’s Infinite Campus Parent Portal.
New student
A family that has never had a child in Marshall County Schools starts a new application through the Admissions / Infinite Campus registration route.
Returning-family registration steps
Open Campus Parent
Use the district-linked Infinite Campus Parent Portal or the Campus Parent app.
Select “More”
Find the More option in Campus Parent.
Select Online Registration
Choose the 2026–27 existing-student registration / annual-update option.
Review every section
Update household, contact, emergency and other required information.
Submit the registration
Do not stop after saving an incomplete section.
Complete Meal Benefits
Return to More → Meal Benefits → Meal Benefits Application.
New-family registration steps
Registration support: contact the child’s school or Infinite Campus support at 270-527-8628.
Privacy: registration can include addresses, guardian information, student records and other sensitive data. Begin from the district website before entering information.
The district’s registration page separates current families from new families.
Open Marshall County Online Registration →Old Infinite Campus bookmark not working?
Kentucky districts moved to a new Infinite Campus login route around the beginning of 2026. Marshall County specifically warned families to update saved bookmarks after the change.
Old bookmark
Do not assume a saved pre-2026 Infinite Campus URL is still the correct login route.
Best route
Open Marshall County Schools first, then use the district’s Infinite Campus Parent Portal link.
Password issue
Use official login recovery or contact district Infinite Campus support instead of creating a duplicate account blindly.
Security tip: portal credentials give access to private student information. Never enter them into a third-party “school login” page that was not reached through the district.
Free breakfast and lunch—but still complete Meal Benefits
Marshall County Schools states that all students receive free breakfast and lunch. That does not make the 2026–27 Meal Benefits Application unnecessary.
Breakfast
Free for Marshall County students under the district’s current program.
Lunch
Free for Marshall County students under the district’s current program.
Meal Benefits form
Still important because it can determine additional benefits and helps establish district funding.
Log in to Campus Parent
Use the official parent portal.
Select More
Navigate to the additional family tools.
Select Meal Benefits
Open the 2026–27 Meal Benefits Application.
Submit it even though meals are free
The district specifically encourages every family to complete it.
The district says the application helps determine additional benefits and provides funding that supports student programs and school services.
Read the district’s Meal Benefits notice →Marshall County Preschool, Head Start and Early Head Start
The district is enrolling students for its 2026–27 Preschool / Head Start / Early Head Start programs.
Preschool / Head Start
For eligible young Marshall County residents; eligibility can depend on program requirements including age, income or documented disability.
Early Head Start
The district describes a home-based option serving pregnant mothers and children through age 3 for qualifying families.
Child Find
Developmental screening is an important route when a family has concerns about a young child’s development.
Do not use the K–12 returning-student workflow as a substitute for preschool eligibility/application. Start with the current Preschool / Head Start instructions.
Marshall County school transportation and 2026 bus-safety update
New Kentucky bus rule: Marshall County’s July 22, 2026 safety notice says Kentucky’s updated school-bus stopping law took effect July 15, 2026. Drivers must stop for a school or church bus displaying its stop arm and flashing red lights from either direction on all roads, with a limited exception for opposite-direction traffic on certain four-or-more-lane roads separated by an elevated barrier or unpaved median.
A four-lane road with only a paved center turn lane is not the same as a physically separated roadway under the district’s explanation. Drivers should use the current Kentucky rule rather than relying on an old memory of bus-stop law.
The live Staff directory lists Transportation contacts and current roles.
Open Marshall County staff contacts →Start attendance problems at the school—not at a Board meeting
Daily attendance questions should normally begin with the child’s school. District-level attendance and pupil-personnel matters can be routed through the Director of Pupil Personnel.
Daily absence
Notify the school and follow the school’s current absence/documentation procedure.
District attendance issue
Brent Lovett is currently listed as Director of Pupil Personnel.
Need food, utilities, school supplies or family support?
Marshall County Family Resource and Youth Service Centers exist to reduce nonacademic barriers that can interfere with a student’s ability to succeed in school.
Food assistance
Family-resource programs can connect families with food support and community resources.
Utility resources
District FRYSC resources include help connecting families with utility-support options.
School success
Centers support early learning, academic achievement, wellbeing, graduation and transition into adult life.
| Center | Current contact example | Who it helps |
|---|---|---|
| Marshall County Middle Youth Service Center | Glenda Byers — 270-395-2611 | Middle-school youth and families. |
| Jonathan-South Family Resource Center | Melanie Grimes — 270-354-6450 | Jonathan / South Marshall elementary families. |
| Marshall Mission YSC | Paige Buchanan — 270-527-1453 | Marshall County High School students/families. |
Use the district FRYSC page to identify the center serving your child’s school.
Open Marshall County Family Resource Centers →Current district contact for Special Education
Director
Kevin Stephens is currently listed as Director of Special Education.
District contact
In July 2026, Marshall County announced a WHAS Crusade for Children grant supporting specialized equipment for students with disabilities, including adaptive communication and sensory/accessibility resources.
Privacy: do not put IEP contents, diagnoses, medical documents or student disability details into public Board comments or an unofficial website.
Marshall County Schools and programs
The official district navigation currently lists six elementary schools, two middle schools, Marshall County High School and additional academy/technical programs.
Elementary
Benton, Calvert City, Central, Jonathan, Sharpe and South Marshall Elementary.
Middle
North Marshall Middle School and South Marshall Middle School.
High school
Marshall County High School.
Additional programs
MC Academy and Marshall County Technical Center (MCTC).
School-specific questions belong at the school first. Attendance, teachers, pickup, open house, athletics, counseling, schedules and local events are usually handled faster by the campus than the central Board office.
The official district footer links every current school/program site.
Find a Marshall County school →Calendar PDF vs live emergency information
The annual school calendar tells you planned dates. It cannot tell you whether tomorrow’s classes were changed because of weather, transportation conditions or another emergency.
Annual calendar
Use for planned breaks, work days, holidays and scheduled student days.
Emergency notice
Use current district announcements and emergency guidance for closure or schedule-change decisions.
School communication
Watch official school/district apps and school-level communication for student-specific operational details.
NTI/weather changes: recheck current district communication before leaving home, changing childcare or assuming a scheduled makeup day has been activated.
Use Let’s Talk for district questions and feedback
Marshall County uses Let’s Talk as a districtwide customer-service route for questions, comments, feedback and success stories.
Ask a question
Select the topic or department that best matches your issue.
Share feedback
Explain the situation clearly and provide enough context for the district to route it.
Use any device
The district promotes Let’s Talk for access from computers, tablets and smartphones.
For urgent same-day student needs—attendance, pickup, medication, classroom concerns or a transportation issue—the child’s school or relevant department may be faster than a general district dialogue.
Let’s Talk is useful when you know the topic but not the correct staff member.
Open Marshall County Schools and select Contact Us →Student record, transcript or public Board record?
| You need | Best first route | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Current student’s record | Student’s school office / counselor | Student-specific records are handled through authorized school processes. |
| Former student’s transcript | Marshall County High School / Board office direction | The district does not prominently expose one universal current transcript workflow on its main pages. |
| Special Education record | Special Education / school | Disability records require an authorized private process. |
| Board/public district record | District records request / Board office | Public district records are different from a student’s private educational records. |
| Board action | KSBA minutes / meeting record | Approved minutes are stronger evidence of Board action than an upcoming agenda. |
Do not upload student records to a random transcript directory. Grades, birth information, disability records, custody papers and identity documents should go only through verified district/school channels.
Marshall County Schools jobs
The district links current employment opportunities through its SchoolSpring hiring portal. Vacancy counts and individual jobs can change quickly, so an evergreen article should not freeze a specific number of openings.
Current vacancies
Use the live employment portal for teaching, support, transportation, food service, coaching and other available positions.
Application
Read the exact posting for qualifications, work calendar, closing date and required application materials.
Check live postings rather than an old search-engine vacancy result.
Open Marshall County Schools Employment →Common Marshall County Board of Education problems
📅 You found August 12, 2025
Fix: that belongs to the old 2025–26 calendar. Use the current 2026–27 calendar.
🏷️ Search result shows Alabama
Fix: this guide is for Benton, Kentucky and marshall.kyschools.us.
💻 Infinite Campus old link fails
Fix: enter through the district website and update your old bookmark.
🎒 Returning student already attended last year
Fix: returning students still need the 2026–27 Annual Update.
🍎 Meals are free, so you skipped Meal Benefits
Fix: complete the application anyway; the district says it affects additional benefits and funding.
🏛️ You assumed the Board meets at one fixed time
Fix: KSBA records show 2026 meetings at varying dates/times. Open the exact meeting.
🚌 You are using an old transportation contact
Fix: Allan Smith is currently listed as Facilities/Transportation Director.
🚗 You remember the old school-bus stopping rule
Fix: review the Kentucky rule that took effect July 15, 2026.
📄 You need a transcript
Fix: contact the school/counselor or Board office for the authorized current record route.
🤝 A family hardship is affecting school
Fix: contact the Family Resource or Youth Service Center serving the student’s school.
🧩 You need disability support
Fix: start with the child’s school/IEP team or district Special Education department.
🌨️ Calendar says school, weather says otherwise
Fix: live district emergency communication takes priority over the original annual calendar.
Other Kentucky Board of Education resources
Kentucky Board of Education
Useful when your question is statewide rather than specific to Marshall County Schools.
Nelson County Board of Education
Compare another Kentucky district’s calendar, meetings, office and family-resource workflow.
Oldham County Board of Education
Another Kentucky district guide covering calendars, KSBA meetings and parent tools.
Marshall County Board of Education KY FAQs
Where is the Marshall County Board of Education in Kentucky?
The Marshall County Board of Education office is at 86 High School Road, Benton, KY 42025. The main district phone number is 270-527-8628.
When does Marshall County Schools start in 2026?
The Board-approved 2026–27 calendar lists August 6, 2026 as the first day for students. Recheck the official calendar for any later Board-approved change or emergency adjustment.
When is Marshall County Schools Fall Break in 2026?
The 2026–27 Marshall County Schools calendar lists October 5–9, 2026 as Fall Break.
When is Marshall County Schools Spring Break in 2027?
The current 2026–27 calendar lists April 5–9, 2027 as Spring Break.
When is the last day of Marshall County Schools in 2027?
The current 2026–27 calendar lists May 14, 2027 as the scheduled last student day. Weather or Board-approved changes can affect an original calendar, so verify near the end of the year.
How do returning students register for 2026–27?
Returning families use Campus Parent, select More, choose Online Registration and complete the 2026–27 annual update. The district says all returning students must complete the process.
Do Marshall County students receive free breakfast and lunch?
Yes. The district says all Marshall County students receive free breakfast and lunch. Families should still complete the Meal Benefits Application because it can affect additional benefits and district funding.
Where can I find Marshall County Board meeting agendas and minutes?
Use the Marshall County public meeting portal through the Kentucky School Boards Association. It lists meeting dates, types, locations, agendas and available minutes.
Who is the Marshall County Schools Superintendent?
The current district staff directory lists Bill Thorpe as Superintendent of Marshall County Schools in Benton, Kentucky.
Is this the same Marshall County Board of Education as Alabama?
No. This guide covers Marshall County Schools in Benton, Kentucky. The correct Kentucky district domain is marshall.kyschools.us and the Board office is at 86 High School Road, Benton, KY.
Marshall County final verification checklist
Verification scope: this August 15, 2026 refresh checked the live Marshall County Schools website, current Board page and district footer, Board-approved 2026–27 calendar notice, 2026–27 online-registration instructions, Infinite Campus URL-change notice, Meal Benefits guidance, current Staff directory, KSBA meeting portal, Transportation leadership and bus-safety announcement, Attendance/Pupil Personnel resources, Preschool/Head Start information, Family Resource Centers, Food Services resources and current Special Education leadership.
Independent-site notice: BoardofEducations.org is an informational guide and is not Marshall County Schools, the Marshall County Board of Education or the Kentucky Department of Education. Current district calendars, Board notices, school instructions, registration decisions, transportation information and student-service procedures take priority.