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Columbia County 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 Holidays
to
Winter Break
to
Presidents Day Holiday
to
Spring Break
to
Last day

Grades and schools may start on different dates, and counts here are potential weekdays after only the listed closures, not verified attendance; check the district calendar for your child's grade and school.

Month by month

  • Weekday in term
  • Break
  • Holiday
  • No students (teacher workday)
  • Early release
  • First day
  • Last day
August 2026
SMTWTFS
1
234 First day of school5 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 Weekday in term28 Weekday in term29
3031 Weekday in term
September 2026
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3 Weekday in term4 Early Dismissal/ Parent Conferences5
67 Labor Day 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 Weekday in term19
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 Student Fall Break/ District Professional Learning Day10
1112 Columbus Day 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 Holiday12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14
1516 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21
2223 Thanksgiving Holidays24 Thanksgiving Holidays25 Thanksgiving Holidays26 Thanksgiving Holidays27 Thanksgiving Holidays28
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 Dismissal/ Last Day of Semester19
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 Break2 Winter Break
3 Winter Break4 Winter Break5 Professional Learning Day6 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. 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 Early Dismissal/ Parent Conferences12 Presidents Day Holiday; Presidents Day Holiday13 Presidents Day Holiday; Presidents Day Holiday
14 Presidents Day Holiday; Presidents Day Holiday15 Presidents Day Holiday; Presidents Day 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 Teacher Work Day/ District Professional Learning Day13
1415 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
2829 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term31 Weekday in term
April 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3
45 Spring Break6 Spring Break7 Spring Break8 Spring Break9 Spring Break10 Spring Break
11 Spring Break12 Spring Break13 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 Early Dismissal/ Last Day of Semester; Last day of school272829
3031

The 2026-27 year in words

The 2026-27 calendar for Columbia County opens on and closes on , a span of about 42 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. After listed exceptions, the first week has four potential weekdays and the last week has three.

4 breaks are marked on the calendar. Thanksgiving Holidays starts and ends , a total of 5 days with 5 weekdays off. Students are off for Winter Break from to , 15 days counting weekends and 11 weekdays counting Monday through Friday. Presidents Day Holiday runs through : 4 days off the calendar, 2 of them weekdays. Spring Break: to , which is 8 days and 6 weekdays without classes. Winter Break is the longest break, 15 days from start to finish.

The longest run without a listed closure runs to , covering 32 potential weekdays after excluding only the exceptions recorded here. Based only on the exceptions listed here, there are 90 potential weekdays before winter break and 90 after it.

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

There is no school for students on the days set aside for teachers: Student Fall Break/ District Professional Learning Day (), Professional Learning Day () and Teacher Work Day/ District Professional Learning Day (). Students leave early on , , and .

Among the 9 Georgia districts on this site, Columbia County starts earlier than 2 and later than 5, on the same day as 1 other. The median first day in the group is . The earliest first day on the site in Georgia is (Fulton County) and the latest is (Forsyth County).

Treat these dates as the district's current published plan and check before you commit to travel.

Dates in detail

Every listed date, in order
TypeDayDate(s)
Early releaseEarly Dismissal/ Parent Conferences
HolidayLabor Day Holiday
Teacher workdayStudent Fall Break/ District Professional Learning Day
HolidayColumbus Day Holiday
HolidayVeterans Day Holiday
BreakThanksgiving Holidays to (5 weekdays)
Early releaseEarly Dismissal/ Last Day of Semester
BreakWinter Break to (11 weekdays)
Teacher workdayProfessional Learning Day
HolidayMartin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Early releaseEarly Dismissal/ Parent Conferences
BreakPresidents Day Holiday to (2 weekdays)
HolidayPresidents Day Holiday
HolidayPresidents Day Holiday
HolidayPresidents Day Holiday
HolidayPresidents Day Holiday
Teacher workdayTeacher Work Day/ District Professional Learning Day
HolidayStudent/Teacher Holiday
BreakSpring Break to (6 weekdays)
Early releaseEarly Dismissal/ Last Day of Semester

Where these dates come from

Source: 4.files.edl.io (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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