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Manatee 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 Holiday
to
All District Sites Closed
to
Spring Break - All Schools Closed
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 School Inservice/Teacher Workday4 District Inservice5 Teacher Workday6 Teacher Workday7 District Inservice8
910 First day of school11 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 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 - All District Sites Closed8 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 Weekday in term22 Weekday in term23 Weekday in term24 Weekday in term25 Elementary Early Release26
2728 Weekday in term29 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term
October 2026
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Elementary Early Release3
45 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7 Weekday in term8 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10
1112 Record Day - No School for Students13 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 Professional Learning Early Release29 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 Veteran's Day - All District Sites Closed12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14
1516 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21
2223 Thanksgiving Holiday24 Thanksgiving Holiday25 Thanksgiving Holiday26 Thanksgiving Holiday; Thanksgiving Day - All District Sites Closed27 Thanksgiving Holiday28
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 High School Early Release17 Weekday in term18 High School Early Release19
2021 All District Sites Closed22 All District Sites Closed23 All District Sites Closed24 All District Sites Closed25 All District Sites Closed26 All District Sites Closed
27 All District Sites Closed28 All District Sites Closed29 All District Sites Closed30 All District Sites Closed31 All District Sites Closed
January 2027
SMTWTFS
1 New Years Day - All District Sites Closed2
34 Teachers Return/Record Day5 District Inservice6 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 ML King Birthday - All District Sites Closed19 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 Professional Learning Early Release11 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13
1415 Presidents' Day - All District Sites Closed16 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 Elementary Early Release27
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 Elementary Early Release12 Record Day - No School for Students13
1415 Spring Break - All Schools Closed16 Spring Break - All Schools Closed17 Spring Break - All Schools Closed18 Spring Break - All Schools Closed19 Spring Break - All Schools Closed20
2122 Weekday in term23 Weekday in term24 Weekday in term25 Weekday in term26 Good Friday - All District Sites Closed27
2829 Weekday in term30 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 Early Release ALL Schools26 Weekday in term27 Early Release ALL Schools; Last day of school28 Record Day/Last Day for Teachers29
3031 Memorial Day - All District Sites Closed

The 2026-27 year in words

Classes for Manatee run from until . End to end that is roughly 42 weeks, and after the breaks, holidays and teacher workdays are removed, 180 potential weekdays remain, based only on the exceptions listed here. Because the year opens on a Monday, the first week contains five potential weekdays after listed closures; the final week contains four to the Thursday finish.

The calendar lists 3 breaks. Thanksgiving Holiday runs through : 5 days off the calendar, 5 of them weekdays. All District Sites Closed starts and ends , a total of 11 days with 9 weekdays off. Spring Break - All Schools Closed runs through : 5 days off the calendar, 5 of them weekdays. The longest is All District Sites Closed at 11 days.

The longest stretch with no break, holiday or teacher workday listed here is 44 potential weekdays, from to . After subtracting listed closures, winter break divides the remaining potential weekdays into 87 before it and 93 after it.

9 other days off are marked as holidays: Labor Day - All District Sites Closed (), Record Day - No School for Students (), Veteran's Day - All District Sites Closed (), New Years Day - All District Sites Closed (), ML King Birthday - All District Sites Closed (), Presidents' Day - All District Sites Closed (), Record Day - No School for Students () and Good Friday - All District Sites Closed (), and 1 more. For a three-day weekend, look at Labor Day - All District Sites Closed, Record Day - No School for Students, New Years Day - All District Sites Closed, ML King Birthday - All District Sites Closed, Presidents' Day - All District Sites Closed, Record Day - No School for Students, Good Friday - All District Sites Closed and Memorial Day - All District Sites Closed, which sit next to a weekend.

8 teacher workdays without students are listed, the first on and the last on . 10 early-release days are listed, from to .

Among the 9 Florida districts on this site, Manatee starts earlier than 4 and later than 0, on the same day as 4 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).

The source does not say whether the board has approved this calendar, so treat the dates as the district's current published plan and check before you commit to travel.

We read these dates from a PDF calendar on files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com on . We summarize dates only; the district's own calendar is the version that counts.

Dates in detail

Breaks
BreakStartsEndsDaysWeekdays
Thanksgiving Holiday55
All District Sites Closed119
Spring Break - All Schools Closed55
Holidays
DayDate
Labor Day - All District Sites Closed
Record Day - No School for Students
Veteran's Day - All District Sites Closed
Thanksgiving Day - All District Sites Closed
New Years Day - All District Sites Closed
ML King Birthday - All District Sites Closed
Presidents' Day - All District Sites Closed
Record Day - No School for Students
Good Friday - All District Sites Closed
Memorial Day - All District Sites Closed
Teacher workdays (no students)
DayDate
School Inservice/Teacher Workday
District Inservice
Teacher Workday
Teacher Workday
District Inservice
Teachers Return/Record Day
District Inservice
Record Day/Last Day for Teachers
Early release
DayDate
Elementary Early Release
Elementary Early Release
Professional Learning Early Release
High School Early Release
High School Early Release
Professional Learning Early Release
Elementary Early Release
Elementary Early Release
Early Release ALL Schools
Early Release ALL Schools
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
MonthPotential weekdays
August 202616
September 202621
October 202621
November 202615
December 202614
January 202717
February 202719
March 202716
April 202722
May 202719

Where these dates come from

Source: files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com (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.

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