School Year Dates

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Lee 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 Break
to
Winter 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
2345678
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 Day8 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 Weekday in term19
2021 Yom Kippur22 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 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17
1819 Professional Duty Day (remote)20 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 Day12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14
1516 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21
2223 Thanksgiving Break24 Thanksgiving Break25 Thanksgiving Break26 Thanksgiving Break27 Thanksgiving Break28
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 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Early Dismissal19
2021 Winter Break22 Winter Break23 Winter Break24 Winter Break25 Winter Break26 Winter Break
27 Winter Break28 Winter Break29 Winter Break30 Winter Break31 Winter Break
January 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Winter Break; New Year’s Day2
34 Professional Duty Day (remote)5 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. Day19 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’ Day16 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 Early Dismissal20
2122 Spring Break23 Spring Break24 Spring Break25 Spring Break26 Good Friday27
2829 Professional Duty Day (remote)30 Weekday in term31 Weekday in term
April 2027
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 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 Students’ Last Day - Early Dismissal; Last day of school28 Professional Duty Day (on campus)29
3031 Memorial Day

The 2026-27 year in words

Students in Lee go back on . The year ends on , roughly 41 weeks later, with 180 potential weekdays in between after only the days off listed here are counted out. After listed exceptions, the first week has four potential weekdays and the last week has four.

The calendar lists 3 breaks. Thanksgiving Break: to , which is 5 days and 5 weekdays without classes. Students are off for Winter Break from to , 12 days counting weekends and 10 weekdays counting Monday through Friday. Students are off for Spring Break from to , 4 days counting weekends and 4 weekdays counting Monday through Friday. The longest is Winter Break at 12 days.

The longest run without a listed closure runs to , covering 43 potential weekdays after excluding only the exceptions recorded here. After subtracting listed closures, winter break divides the remaining potential weekdays into 85 before it and 95 after it.

7 other days off are marked as holidays: Labor Day (), Yom Kippur (), Veterans Day (), Martin Luther King Jr. Day (), Presidents’ Day (), Good Friday () and Memorial Day (). 6 of these fall on a Monday or Friday and make a long weekend: Labor Day, Yom Kippur, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Good Friday and Memorial Day.

There is no school for students on the days set aside for teachers: Professional Duty Day (remote) (), Professional Duty Day (remote) (), Professional Duty Day (remote) () and Professional Duty Day (on campus) (). Early-release days: Early Dismissal (), Early Dismissal () and Students’ Last Day - Early Dismissal ().

Among the 9 Florida districts on this site, Lee starts earlier than 0 and later than 5, on the same day as 3 others. The median first day in the group 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 PDF calendar on leeschools.net on . We summarize dates only; the district's own calendar is the version that counts.

Dates in detail

Breaks
BreakStartsEndsDaysWeekdays
Thanksgiving Break55
Winter Break1210
Spring Break44
Holidays
DayDate
Labor Day
Yom Kippur
Veterans Day
New Year’s Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Presidents’ Day
Good Friday
Memorial Day
Teacher workdays (no students)
DayDate
Professional Duty Day (remote)
Professional Duty Day (remote)
Professional Duty Day (remote)
Professional Duty Day (on campus)
Early release
DayDate
Early Dismissal
Early Dismissal
Students’ Last Day - Early Dismissal
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
MonthPotential weekdays
August 202615
September 202620
October 202621
November 202615
December 202614
January 202718
February 202719
March 202717
April 202722
May 202719

Where these dates come from

Source: leeschools.net (a PDF calendar), 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 Lee, with their own calendars on this site:

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