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Houston 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
Fall Holiday, Students & Teachers
to
Thanksgiving Holiday
to
Christmas & New Year’s Holiday
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 Pre-Planning/Site Collaboration
2 Pre-Planning/Site Collaboration3 Pre-Planning/Site Collaboration4 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 Weekday in term5
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 Holiday/Site Collaboration10
1112 Fall Holiday, Students & Teachers13 Fall Holiday, Students & Teachers14 Fall Holiday, Students & Teachers15 Fall Holiday, Students & Teachers16 Fall Holiday, Students & Teachers17
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 Holiday24 Thanksgiving Holiday25 Thanksgiving Holiday26 Thanksgiving Holiday27 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 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Last Day of Semester - ½ Day for Students19
2021 Christmas & New Year’s Holiday22 Christmas & New Year’s Holiday23 Christmas & New Year’s Holiday24 Christmas & New Year’s Holiday25 Christmas & New Year’s Holiday26 Christmas & New Year’s Holiday
27 Christmas & New Year’s Holiday28 Christmas & New Year’s Holiday29 Christmas & New Year’s Holiday30 Christmas & New Year’s Holiday31 Christmas & New Year’s Holiday
January 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Christmas & New Year’s Holiday2
34 Student Holiday/Site Collaboration5 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. 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 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 Weekday in term20
2122 Weekday in term23 Weekday in term24 Weekday in term25 Weekday in term26 Student Holiday/Site Collaboration27
2829 Spring Break30 Spring Break31 Spring Break
April 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Spring Break2 Spring Break3
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 Last Day of Semester - ½ Day for Students; Last day of school27 Post-Planning/Site Collaboration28 Post-Planning/Site Collaboration29
3031 Memorial Day Holiday

The 2026-27 year in words

Houston County starts the 2026-27 school year on , and the last day for students is . That is about 42 weeks from first day to last day, with 180 potential weekdays after removing only the breaks, holidays and teacher workdays listed here. After listed exceptions, the first week has four potential weekdays and the last week has three.

4 breaks are marked on the calendar. Fall Holiday, Students & Teachers starts and ends , a total of 5 days with 5 weekdays off. Thanksgiving Holiday runs through : 5 days off the calendar, 5 of them weekdays. Christmas & New Year’s Holiday runs through : 12 days off the calendar, 10 of them weekdays. Spring Break starts and ends , a total of 5 days with 5 weekdays off. The longest is Christmas & New Year’s Holiday at 12 days.

The longest stretch with no break, holiday or teacher workday listed here is 38 potential weekdays, from to . After subtracting listed closures, winter break divides the remaining potential weekdays into 86 before it and 94 after it.

Outside the breaks, 8 holidays are listed: Labor Day Holiday (), Student Holiday/Site Collaboration (), Veterans Day Holiday (), Student Holiday/Site Collaboration (), Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (), Presidents’ Day Holiday (), Student Holiday/Site Collaboration () and Memorial Day Holiday (). 7 of these fall on a Monday or Friday and make a long weekend: Labor Day Holiday, Student Holiday/Site Collaboration, Student Holiday/Site Collaboration, Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, Presidents’ Day Holiday, Student Holiday/Site Collaboration and Memorial Day Holiday.

10 teacher workdays without students are listed, the first on and the last on . Early-release days: Last Day of Semester - ½ Day for Students () and Last Day of Semester - ½ Day for Students ().

Among the 8 Georgia districts on this site, Houston County starts earlier than 2 and later than 5. 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).

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 web page on hcbe.net on . We summarize dates only; the district's own calendar is the version that counts.

Dates in detail

Breaks
BreakStartsEndsDaysWeekdays
Fall Holiday, Students & Teachers55
Thanksgiving Holiday55
Christmas & New Year’s Holiday1210
Spring Break55
Holidays
DayDate
Labor Day Holiday
Student Holiday/Site Collaboration
Veterans Day Holiday
Student Holiday/Site Collaboration
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Presidents’ Day Holiday
Student Holiday/Site Collaboration
Memorial Day Holiday
Teacher workdays (no students)
DayDate
Opening Session for Certified Staff
Pre-Planning/Site Collaboration
Pre-Planning/Site Collaboration
Pre-Planning/Site Collaboration
Pre-Planning/Site Collaboration
Pre-Planning/Site Collaboration
Pre-Planning/Site Collaboration
Pre-Planning/Site Collaboration
Post-Planning/Site Collaboration
Post-Planning/Site Collaboration
Early release
DayDate
Last Day of Semester - ½ Day for Students
Last Day of Semester - ½ Day for Students
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
MonthPotential weekdays
August 202620
September 202621
October 202616
November 202615
December 202614
January 202718
February 202719
March 202719
April 202720
May 202718

Where these dates come from

Source: hcbe.net (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.

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