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Wichita 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 Recess
to
Student Winter Recess
to
Spring Recess
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
910111213 First day of school14 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 District Inservice Day9 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 Weekday in term10
1112 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15 No School - Parent-Teacher Conferences16 No School - Nonteaching Duty Day/End of First Grading Period17
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 No School - District Inservice Day4 Weekday in term5 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7
89 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14
1516 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21
2223 No School - Conference Release Day24 Fall Recess25 Fall Recess26 Fall Recess27 Fall Recess28
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 No School - Nonteaching Duty Day/End of Semester19
2021 Student Winter Recess22 Student Winter Recess23 Student Winter Recess24 Student Winter Recess25 Student Winter Recess26 Student Winter Recess
27 Student Winter Recess28 Student Winter Recess29 Student Winter Recess30 Student Winter Recess31 Student Winter Recess
January 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Student Winter Recess2 Student Winter Recess
3 Student Winter Recess4 Student Winter Recess; No School - District Inservice Day5 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 No School - 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 No School - District Inservice 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 No School - Parent-Teacher Conferences12 No School-Nonteaching Duty Day/End of Third Grading Period13
1415 Spring Recess16 Spring Recess17 Spring Recess18 Spring Recess19 Spring Recess20
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 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 No School - Conference Release Day17
1819 No School - District Inservice Day20 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 Last day of school26272829
3031 Memorial Day Holiday

The 2026-27 year in words

The 2026-27 calendar for Wichita opens on and closes on , a span of about 41 weeks. Leaving out the breaks, holidays and teacher workdays on the list, that leaves 171 potential weekdays; additional closures may be missing from this summary. After listed exceptions, the first week has two potential weekdays and the last week has two.

The calendar lists 3 breaks. Students are off for Fall Recess from to , 4 days counting weekends and 4 weekdays counting Monday through Friday. Student Winter Recess starts and ends , a total of 15 days with 11 weekdays off. Spring Recess runs through : 5 days off the calendar, 5 of them weekdays. Student Winter Recess is the longest break, 15 days from start to finish.

Between and there are 26 potential weekdays with no listed closure, the longest such run in this summary. Based only on the exceptions listed here, there are 81 potential weekdays before winter break and 90 after it.

Outside the breaks, 7 holidays are listed: Labor Day Holiday (), No School - Parent-Teacher Conferences (), No School - Conference Release Day (), No School - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (), No School - Parent-Teacher Conferences (), No School - Conference Release Day () and Memorial Day Holiday (). 5 of these fall on a Monday or Friday and make a long weekend: Labor Day Holiday, No School - Conference Release Day, No School - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, No School - Conference Release Day and Memorial Day Holiday.

8 teacher workdays without students are listed, the first on and the last on .

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.

The dates come from a web page at usd259.org, last read on . Use the link on this page to open the district's own calendar and confirm.

Dates in detail

Breaks
BreakStartsEndsDaysWeekdays
Fall Recess44
Student Winter Recess1511
Spring Recess55
Holidays
DayDate
Labor Day Holiday
No School - Parent-Teacher Conferences
No School - Conference Release Day
No School - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
No School - Parent-Teacher Conferences
No School - Conference Release Day
Memorial Day Holiday
Teacher workdays (no students)
DayDate
District Inservice Day
No School - Nonteaching Duty Day/End of First Grading Period
No School - District Inservice Day
No School - Nonteaching Duty Day/End of Semester
No School - District Inservice Day
No School - District Inservice Day
No School-Nonteaching Duty Day/End of Third Grading Period
No School - District Inservice Day
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
MonthPotential weekdays
August 202613
September 202620
October 202620
November 202615
December 202613
January 202718
February 202719
March 202716
April 202720
May 202717

Where these dates come from

Source: usd259.org (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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