School Year Dates

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Clay school calendar 2026-27

First day, last day, breaks, holidays and teacher workdays, read from the district's own calendar.

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First day
Thanksgiving
to
Christmas/New Year’s Break
to
Spring Break
to
Last day

Kindergarten, pre-K, individual grades and particular schools may have different start dates or schedules. Check the district calendar for your child's grade and school.

Unmarked weekdays and computed counts use only the breaks, holidays and teacher workdays listed here. Other closures may be missing, so these are potential weekdays, not verified days of attendance.

Month by month

  • Weekday in term
  • Break
  • Holiday
  • No students (teacher workday)
  • Early release
  • First day
  • Last day
August 2026
SMTWTFS
1
23 First Day, Teachers456 Inservice Day, Teachers78
91011 First day of school12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15
1617 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Weekday in term22
2324 Weekday in term25 Weekday in term26 Weekday in term27 Weekday in term28 Weekday in term29
3031 Weekday in term
September 2026
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5
67 Labor Day, Student/Teacher Holiday8 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12
1314 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Elementary Schools19
2021 Weekday in term22 Weekday in term23 Weekday in term24 Weekday in term25 Weekday in term26
2728 Weekday in term29 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term
October 2026
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3
45 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7 Weekday in term8 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10
1112 Planning Day/Student Holiday13 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17
1819 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Weekday in term22 Weekday in term23 Weekday in term24
2526 Weekday in term27 Weekday in term28 Weekday in term29 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term31
November 2026
SMTWTFS
12 Weekday in term3 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7
89 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Veterans' Day, Student/Teacher Holiday12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14
1516 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21
2223 Thanksgiving24 Thanksgiving25 Thanksgiving26 Thanksgiving27 Thanksgiving28
2930 Weekday in term
December 2026
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5
67 Weekday in term8 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12
1314 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16 Junior High & High Schools Only17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19
2021 Christmas/New Year’s Break22 Christmas/New Year’s Break23 Christmas/New Year’s Break24 Christmas/New Year’s Break25 Christmas/New Year’s Break26 Christmas/New Year’s Break
27 Christmas/New Year’s Break28 Christmas/New Year’s Break29 Christmas/New Year’s Break30 Christmas/New Year’s Break31 Christmas/New Year’s Break
January 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Christmas/New Year’s Break2
34 Planning Day/Student Holiday5 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7 Weekday in term8 Weekday in term9
1011 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16
1718 Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Student/Teacher Holiday19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Weekday in term22 Weekday in term23
2425 Weekday in term26 Weekday in term27 Weekday in term28 Weekday in term29 Weekday in term30
31
February 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5 Weekday in term6
78 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13
1415 Presidents' Day, Student/Teacher Holiday16 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20
2122 Weekday in term23 Weekday in term24 Weekday in term25 Weekday in term26 Weekday in term27
28
March 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5 Weekday in term6
78 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13
1415 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Planning Day/Student Holiday20
2122 Spring Break23 Spring Break24 Spring Break25 Spring Break26 Spring Break27
2829 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term31 Weekday in term
April 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Fair Day, Student/Teacher Holiday3
45 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7 Weekday in term8 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10
1112 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17
1819 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Weekday in term22 Weekday in term23 Weekday in term24
2526 Weekday in term27 Weekday in term28 Weekday in term29 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term
May 2027
SMTWTFS
1
23 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7 Weekday in term8
910 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15
1617 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Weekday in term22
2324 Weekday in term25 Weekday in term26 Weekday in term27 Last day of school28 Last Day, Teachers - Planning Day29
3031

The 2026-27 year in words

The 2026-27 calendar for Clay opens on and closes on , a span of about 41 weeks. Leaving out the breaks, holidays and teacher workdays on the list, that leaves 180 potential weekdays; additional closures may be missing from this summary. Because the year opens on a Tuesday, the first week contains four potential weekdays after listed closures; the final week contains four to the Thursday finish.

3 breaks are marked on the calendar. Thanksgiving runs through : 5 days off the calendar, 5 of them weekdays. Students are off for Christmas/New Year’s Break from to , 12 days counting weekends and 10 weekdays counting Monday through Friday. Spring Break starts and ends , a total of 5 days with 5 weekdays off. The longest is Christmas/New Year’s Break at 12 days.

Between and there are 39 potential weekdays with no listed closure, the longest such run in this summary. Based only on the exceptions listed here, there are 86 potential weekdays before winter break and 94 after it.

5 other days off are marked as holidays: Labor Day, Student/Teacher Holiday (), Veterans' Day, Student/Teacher Holiday (), Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Student/Teacher Holiday (), Presidents' Day, Student/Teacher Holiday () and Fair Day, Student/Teacher Holiday (). 4 of these fall on a Monday or Friday and make a long weekend: Labor Day, Student/Teacher Holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Student/Teacher Holiday, Presidents' Day, Student/Teacher Holiday and Fair Day, Student/Teacher Holiday.

6 teacher workdays without students are listed, the first on and the last on . Early-release days: Elementary Schools () and Junior High & High Schools Only ().

Of the 11 Florida districts listed here, 0 start after Clay, 6 start before it and 4 share its first day. The group's median first day is . The earliest first day on the site in Florida is (Broward) and the latest is (Orange).

This calendar is marked as approved in the source. Even so, districts revise approved calendars when storms, elections or board decisions require it.

We read these dates from a web page on docs.google.com on . We summarize dates only; the district's own calendar is the version that counts.

Dates in detail

Breaks
BreakStartsEndsDaysWeekdays
Thanksgiving55
Christmas/New Year’s Break1210
Spring Break55
Holidays
DayDate
Labor Day, Student/Teacher Holiday
Veterans' Day, Student/Teacher Holiday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Student/Teacher Holiday
Presidents' Day, Student/Teacher Holiday
Fair Day, Student/Teacher Holiday
Teacher workdays (no students)
DayDate
First Day, Teachers
Inservice Day, Teachers
Planning Day/Student Holiday
Planning Day/Student Holiday
Planning Day/Student Holiday
Last Day, Teachers - Planning Day
Early release
DayDate
Elementary Schools
Junior High & High Schools Only
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
MonthPotential weekdays
August 202615
September 202621
October 202621
November 202615
December 202614
January 202718
February 202719
March 202717
April 202721
May 202719

Where these dates come from

Source: docs.google.com (a web page), read on . Districts revise calendars after severe weather, board votes and contract settlements, so the district's own page is the version that counts. If a date here looks wrong, tell us and we will re-check the source. How we check.

Other Florida districts

Districts in Florida close in size to Clay, with their own calendars on this site:

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