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Richardson ISD 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
Fall Break
to
Thanksgiving Holiday
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
891011 First day of school12 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 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 Fall Break8 Fall Break9 Fall Break
10 Fall Break11 Fall Break12 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 Student Holiday/Staff Professional Learning Day2 Student Holiday/Staff Professional Learning Day3 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 Student Holiday/Staff Exchange Day23 Student Holiday/Staff Exchange Day24 Student Holiday/Staff Exchange Day25 Thanksgiving Holiday26 Thanksgiving Holiday27
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 Early Release for All Campuses18
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 Winter Break
2 Winter Break3 Winter Break4 Student Holiday/Staff Professional Learning Day5 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 Holiday18 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 Weekday in term8 Weekday in term9 Weekday in term10 Weekday in term11 Weekday in term12
1314 Student Holiday/Staff Professional Learning Day15 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 term
March 2028
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 Spring Break14 Spring Break15 Spring Break16 Spring Break17 Spring Break18
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 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 Early Release for All Campuses; Last day of school252627
2829 Memorial Day3031

The 2027-28 year in words

The 2027-28 calendar for Richardson ISD opens on and closes on , a span of about 41 weeks. Leaving out the breaks, holidays and teacher workdays on the list, that leaves 176 potential weekdays; additional closures may be missing from this summary. After listed exceptions, the first week has three potential weekdays and the last week has three.

4 breaks are marked on the calendar. Fall Break runs through : 5 days off the calendar, 3 of them weekdays. Thanksgiving Holiday starts and ends , a total of 2 days with 2 weekdays off. Winter Break starts and ends , a total of 15 days with 11 weekdays off. Spring Break starts and ends , a total of 5 days with 5 weekdays off. Winter Break is the longest break, 15 days from start to finish.

The longest run without a listed closure runs to , covering 48 potential weekdays after excluding only the exceptions recorded here. Based only on the exceptions listed here, there are 82 potential weekdays before winter break and 94 after it.

3 other days off are marked as holidays: Labor Day (), Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday () and Memorial Day (). For a three-day weekend, look at Labor Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday and Memorial Day, which sit next to a weekend.

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

Of the 3 Texas districts listed here, 0 start after Richardson ISD, 1 start before it and 1 share its first day. The group's median first day is . The earliest first day on the site in Texas is (Northside ISD) and the latest is (Katy ISD).

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 PDF calendar at web.risd.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 Break53
Thanksgiving Holiday22
Winter Break1511
Spring Break55
Holidays
DayDate
Labor Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday
Memorial Day
Teacher workdays (no students)
DayDate
Student Holiday/Staff Professional Learning Day
Student Holiday/Staff Professional Learning Day
Student Holiday/Staff Exchange Day
Student Holiday/Staff Exchange Day
Student Holiday/Staff Exchange Day
Student Holiday/Staff Professional Learning Day
Student Holiday/Staff Professional Learning Day
Early release
DayDate
Early Release for All Campuses
Early Release for All Campuses
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
MonthPotential weekdays
August 202715
September 202721
October 202718
November 202715
December 202713
January 202818
February 202820
March 202818
April 202820
May 202818

Where these dates come from

Source: web.risd.org (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.

Other Texas districts

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