School Year Dates

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools school calendar 2027-28

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 2027
SMTWTFS
1234567
891011121314
1516 Teacher Workdays1718192021
2223 Teacher Workdays24 First day of school25 Weekday in term26 Weekday in term27 Weekday in term28
2930 Weekday in term31 Weekday in term
September 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3 Weekday in term4
56 Labor Day7 Weekday in term8 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11
1213 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18
1920 Weekday in term21 Weekday in term22 Weekday in term23 Weekday in term24 Weekday in term25
2627 Weekday in term28 Weekday in term29 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term
October 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2
34 Weekday in term5 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7 Weekday in term8 Weekday in term9
1011 Teacher Workday (Yom Kippur)12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16
1718 Weekday in term19 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 Teacher Workday (Diwali)30
31
November 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Teacher Workday2 Teacher Workday (Election Day)3 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5 Weekday in term6
78 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Veterans Day12 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 Teacher Workday25 Thanksgiving Break26 Thanksgiving Break27
2829 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term
December 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3 Weekday in term4
56 Weekday in term7 Weekday in term8 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11
1213 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18
1920 Winter Break21 Winter Break22 Winter Break23 Winter Break24 Winter Break25 Winter Break
26 Winter Break27 Winter Break28 Winter Break29 Winter Break30 Winter Break31 Winter Break
January 2028
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 MLK, Jr. Day18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21 Weekday in term22
2324 Teacher Workday25 Weekday in term26 Weekday in term27 Weekday in term28 Weekday in term29
3031 Weekday in term
February 2028
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 Weekday in term19
2021 Teacher Workday (Presidents Day)22 Teacher Workday23 Weekday in term24 Weekday in term25 Weekday in term26
2728 Weekday in term29 Weekday in term
March 2028
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3 Weekday in term4
56 Weekday in term7 Teacher Workday (Election Day)8 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11
1213 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18
1920 Weekday in term21 Weekday in term22 Weekday in term23 Weekday in term24 Weekday in term25
2627 Weekday in term28 Weekday in term29 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term31 Teacher Workday
April 2028
SMTWTFS
1
23 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7 Weekday in term8
910 Spring Break11 Spring Break12 Spring Break13 Spring Break14 Spring Break15
1617 Teacher Workday (Easter Monday)18 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
30
May 2028
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 Weekday in term27
2829 Memorial Day30 Weekday in term31 Weekday in term
June 2028
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3
45 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7 Last day of school8 Teacher Workdays9 Teacher Workdays10
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930

The 2027-28 year in words

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools starts the 2027-28 school year on , and the last day for students is . That is about 41 weeks from first day to last day, with 175 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.

The calendar lists 3 breaks. Thanksgiving Break starts and ends , a total of 2 days with 2 weekdays off. Winter Break runs through : 12 days off the calendar, 10 of them weekdays. Spring Break: to , which is 5 days and 5 weekdays without classes. Winter Break is the longest break, 12 days from start to finish.

Between and there are 29 potential weekdays with no listed closure, the longest such run in this summary. Based only on the exceptions listed here, there are 75 potential weekdays before winter break and 100 after it.

4 other days off are marked as holidays: Labor Day (), Veterans Day (), MLK, Jr. Day () and Memorial Day (). 3 of these fall on a Monday or Friday and make a long weekend: Labor Day, MLK, Jr. Day and Memorial Day.

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

This calendar is marked as approved in the source. Even so, districts revise approved calendars when storms, elections or board decisions require it.

The dates come from a PDF calendar at resources.finalsite.net, last read on . Use the link on this page to open the district's own calendar and confirm.

Dates in detail

Breaks
BreakStartsEndsDaysWeekdays
Thanksgiving Break22
Winter Break1210
Spring Break55
Holidays
DayDate
Labor Day
Veterans Day
MLK, Jr. Day
Memorial Day
Teacher workdays (no students)
DayDate
Teacher Workdays
Teacher Workdays
Teacher Workday (Yom Kippur)
Teacher Workday (Diwali)
Teacher Workday
Teacher Workday (Election Day)
Teacher Workday
Teacher Workday
Teacher Workday (Presidents Day)
Teacher Workday
Teacher Workday (Election Day)
Teacher Workday
Teacher Workday (Easter Monday)
Teacher Workdays
Teacher Workdays
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
MonthPotential weekdays
August 20276
September 202721
October 202719
November 202716
December 202713
January 202819
February 202819
March 202821
April 202814
May 202822
June 20285

Where these dates come from

Source: resources.finalsite.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.

See the 2026-27 calendar for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

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