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Cincinnati Public 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
Winter Recess
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
891011 Teacher Classroom Workday12 Teacher Classroom Workday13 Professional Development Day14
1516 Professional Development Day17 Professional Development Day18 First day of school19 Weekday in term20 Weekday in term21
2223 Weekday in term24 Weekday in term25 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 Day Holiday - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed7 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 classroom workday-No Students12 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 Weekday in term30
31
November 2027
SMTWTFS
1 District Professional Development Day - No Students2 Election Day - Only Schools Closed3 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5 Weekday in term6
78 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Veterans’ Day Holiday - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed12 Weekday in term13
1415 Weekday in term16 Weekday in term17 Weekday in term18 Weekday in term19 Weekday in term20
2122 Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed23 Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed24 Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed - Teacher Conference Exchange Days; Teacher Conference Exchange Day25 Thanksgiving Day Holiday - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed26 Holiday/Break - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed27
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 Recess21 Winter Recess22 Winter Recess23 Winter Recess; Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Holiday-Schools Closed/Central Office Closed24 Winter Recess; Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Holiday-Schools Closed/Central Office Closed25 Winter Recess
26 Winter Recess27 Winter Recess28 Winter Recess29 Winter Recess30 Winter Recess31 Winter Recess; New Year’s Day Holiday
January 2028
SMTWTFS
1
23 District Professional Development Day - No Students4 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 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed18 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
February 2028
SMTWTFS
1 Weekday in term2 Weekday in term3 Weekday in term4 Weekday in term5
67 Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed - Teacher Conference Exchange Days; Teacher Conference Exchange Day8 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 Presidents’ Day Holiday - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed22 Weekday in term23 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 District Professional Development Day - No Students7 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 Spring Break21 Spring Break22 Spring Break23 Spring Break24 Spring Break25
2627 Weekday in term28 Weekday in term29 Weekday in term30 Weekday in term31 Weekday in term
April 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 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
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 Last day of school25 Teacher Classroom Workday - Last day for Teachers2627
2829 Memorial Day Holiday - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed3031

The 2027-28 year in words

Cincinnati Public Schools starts the 2027-28 school year on , and the last day for students is . That is about 40 weeks from first day to last day, with 171 potential weekdays after removing only the breaks, holidays and teacher workdays 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.

The calendar lists 2 breaks. Students are off for Winter Recess from to , 12 days counting weekends and 10 weekdays counting Monday through Friday. Spring Break runs through : 5 days off the calendar, 5 of them weekdays. The longest is Winter Recess at 12 days.

The longest stretch with no break, holiday or teacher workday listed here is 43 potential weekdays, from to . Based only on the exceptions listed here, there are 78 potential weekdays before winter break and 93 after it.

13 other days off are marked as holidays: Labor Day Holiday - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed (), Election Day - Only Schools Closed (), Veterans’ Day Holiday - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed (), Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed (), Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed (), Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed - Teacher Conference Exchange Days (), Thanksgiving Day Holiday - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed () and Holiday/Break - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed (), and 5 more. 8 of these fall on a Monday or Friday and make a long weekend: Labor Day Holiday - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed, Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed, Holiday/Break - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed, Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed, Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed - Teacher Conference Exchange Days, Presidents’ Day Holiday - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed, Memorial Day Holiday - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed and Juneteenth Holiday - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed.

12 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.

We read these dates from a PDF calendar on resources.finalsite.net on . We summarize dates only; the district's own calendar is the version that counts.

Dates in detail

Breaks
BreakStartsEndsDaysWeekdays
Winter Recess1210
Spring Break55
Holidays
DayDate
Labor Day Holiday - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed
Election Day - Only Schools Closed
Veterans’ Day Holiday - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed
Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed
Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed
Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed - Teacher Conference Exchange Days
Thanksgiving Day Holiday - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed
Holiday/Break - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Holiday-Schools Closed/Central Office Closed
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Holiday-Schools Closed/Central Office Closed
New Year’s Day Holiday
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed
Holiday/Break - Only Schools Closed - Teacher Conference Exchange Days
Presidents’ Day Holiday - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed
Memorial Day Holiday - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed
Juneteenth Holiday - Schools Closed/Central Office Closed
Teacher workdays (no students)
DayDate
Teacher Classroom Workday
Teacher Classroom Workday
Professional Development Day
Professional Development Day
Professional Development Day
Teacher classroom workday-No Students
District Professional Development Day - No Students
Teacher Conference Exchange Day
District Professional Development Day - No Students
Teacher Conference Exchange Day
District Professional Development Day - No Students
Teacher Classroom Workday - Last day for Teachers
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
MonthPotential weekdays
August 202710
September 202721
October 202720
November 202714
December 202713
January 202819
February 202819
March 202817
April 202820
May 202818

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 Cincinnati Public Schools

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