School Year Dates

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Gaston County Schools 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
Holidays (Thanksgiving)
to
Holidays (Winter)
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
234 Optional Teacher Workday56 Optional Teacher Workday7 Mandated Teacher Workday8
910 Mandated Teacher Workday11 Mandated Teacher Workday12 First day of school13 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 Holiday (Labor Day)8 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 Weekday in term10
1112 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14 Weekday in term15 Parent-Teacher Conferences Early Dismissal for Students16 Optional Teacher Workday17
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 Holiday (Veterans Day)12 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14
1516 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21
2223 Weekday in term24 Weekday in term25 Weekday in term26 Holidays (Thanksgiving)27 Holidays (Thanksgiving)28
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 Weekday in term19
2021 Optional Teacher Workday22 Weekday in term23 Holidays (Winter)24 Holidays (Winter)25 Holidays (Winter)26
2728 Weekday in term29 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term31 Weekday in term
January 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Holiday (New Year’s Day)2
34 Mandated Teacher Workday5 Mandated Teacher Workday6 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 Holiday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)19 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 Mandated Teacher Workday for Professional Development11 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
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 Optional Teacher Workday13
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 Holiday (Spring)27
2829 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term31 Weekday in term
April 2027
SMTWTFS
1 Student Holiday Teacher Annual Leave2 Optional Teacher Workday3
45 Weekday in term6 Weekday in term7 Weekday in term8 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10
1112 Weekday in term13 Weekday in term14 Mandated Teacher Workday for Professional Development15 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 school27 Mandated Teacher Workday28 Mandated Teacher Workday29
3031 Holiday (Memorial Day)

The 2026-27 year in words

Classes for Gaston County Schools run from until . End to end that is roughly 41 weeks, and after the breaks, holidays and teacher workdays are removed, 187 potential weekdays remain, based only on the exceptions listed here. Because the year opens on a Wednesday, the first week contains three potential weekdays after listed closures; the final week contains three to the Wednesday finish.

There are 2 breaks on the calendar. Students are off for Holidays (Thanksgiving) from to , 2 days counting weekends and 2 weekdays counting Monday through Friday. Holidays (Winter) runs through : 3 days off the calendar, 3 of them weekdays. The longest is Holidays (Winter) at 3 days.

The longest stretch with no break, holiday or teacher workday listed here is 30 potential weekdays, from to . Based only on the exceptions listed here, there are 89 potential weekdays before winter break and 98 after it.

8 other days off are marked as holidays: Holiday (Independence Day) (), Holiday (Labor Day) (), Holiday (Veterans Day) (), Holiday (New Year’s Day) (), Holiday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) (), Holiday (Spring) (), Student Holiday Teacher Annual Leave () and Holiday (Memorial Day) (). For a three-day weekend, look at Holiday (Independence Day), Holiday (Labor Day), Holiday (New Year’s Day), Holiday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day), Holiday (Spring) and Holiday (Memorial Day), which sit next to a weekend.

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

Among the 5 North Carolina districts on this site, Gaston County Schools starts earlier than 3 and later than 0, on the same day as 1 other. The median first day in the group is . The earliest first day on the site in North Carolina is (Cabarrus County Schools) and the latest is (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools).

The source describes this calendar as approved. Approved calendars still change: weather days, board votes and contract settlements can move dates, so confirm anything you are planning around.

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
Holidays (Thanksgiving)22
Holidays (Winter)33
Holidays
DayDate
Holiday (Independence Day)
Holiday (Labor Day)
Holiday (Veterans Day)
Holiday (New Year’s Day)
Holiday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
Holiday (Spring)
Student Holiday Teacher Annual Leave
Holiday (Memorial Day)
Teacher workdays (no students)
DayDate
Optional Teacher Workday
Optional Teacher Workday
Mandated Teacher Workday
Mandated Teacher Workday
Mandated Teacher Workday
Optional Teacher Workday
Optional Teacher Workday
Mandated Teacher Workday
Mandated Teacher Workday
Mandated Teacher Workday for Professional Development
Optional Teacher Workday
Optional Teacher Workday
Mandated Teacher Workday for Professional Development
Mandated Teacher Workday
Mandated Teacher Workday
Early release
DayDate
Parent-Teacher Conferences Early Dismissal for Students
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
MonthPotential weekdays
August 202614
September 202621
October 202621
November 202618
December 202619
January 202717
February 202719
March 202721
April 202719
May 202718

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.

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