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First day
October Break
Thanksgiving Break
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Winter Break
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February Break
Spring Break
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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
September 2026
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1 First day of school
2 Weekday in term
3 Weekday in term
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7 Labor Day
8 Weekday in term
9 Weekday in term
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October 2026
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16 Weekday in term
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19 Weekday in term
20 Weekday in term
21 Weekday in term
22 Weekday in term
23 Parent-Teacher Conference Day
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26 October Break
27 Weekday in term
28 Weekday in term
29 Weekday in term
30 Weekday in term
31
November 2026
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2 Weekday in term
3 Professional Development Day
4 Weekday in term
5 Weekday in term
6 Weekday in term
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9 Weekday in term
10 Weekday in term
11 Weekday in term
12 Weekday in term
13 Weekday in term
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16 Weekday in term
17 Weekday in term
18 Weekday in term
19 Weekday in term
20 Weekday in term
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23 Weekday in term
24 Professional Development Day
25 Thanksgiving Break
26 Thanksgiving Break
27 Thanksgiving Break
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30 Weekday in term
December 2026
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7 Weekday in term
8 Weekday in term
9 Weekday in term
10 Weekday in term
11 Weekday in term
12
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14 Weekday in term
15 Weekday in term
16 Weekday in term
17 Weekday in term
18 Weekday in term
19
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21 Winter Break
22 Winter Break
23 Winter Break
24 Winter Break
25 Winter Break
26 Winter Break
27 Winter Break
28 Winter Break
29 Winter Break
30 Winter Break
31 Winter Break
January 2027
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1 New Year's Day/Winter Break
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3
4 Weekday in term
5 Weekday in term
6 Weekday in term
7 Weekday in term
8 Weekday in term
9
10
11 Weekday in term
12 Weekday in term
13 Weekday in term
14 Weekday in term
15 Weekday in term
16
17
18 MLK Jr. Day
19 Weekday in term
20 Weekday in term
21 Weekday in term
22 Record Day
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25 Weekday in term
26 Weekday in term
27 Weekday in term
28 Weekday in term
29 Weekday in term
30
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February 2027
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11 Weekday in term
12 Weekday in term
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15 Weekday in term
16 Weekday in term
17 Weekday in term
18 Weekday in term
19 Weekday in term
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22 February Break
23 Weekday in term
24 Weekday in term
25 Weekday in term
26 Weekday in term
27
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March 2027
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8 Weekday in term
9 Weekday in term
10 Weekday in term
11 Weekday in term
12 Weekday in term
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15 Weekday in term
16 Weekday in term
17 Weekday in term
18 Weekday in term
19 Weekday in term
20
21
22 Weekday in term
23 Weekday in term
24 Weekday in term
25 Parent-Teacher Conference Day
26 Spring Break
27 Spring Break
28 Spring Break
29 Spring Break
30 Spring Break
31 Spring Break
April 2027
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1 Spring Break
2 Spring Break
3
4
5 Weekday in term
6 Weekday in term
7 Weekday in term
8 Weekday in term
9 Weekday in term
10
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12 Weekday in term
13 Weekday in term
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20 Weekday in term
21 Weekday in term
22 Weekday in term
23 Weekday in term
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26 Weekday in term
27 Weekday in term
28 Weekday in term
29 Weekday in term
30 Professional Development Day
May 2027
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4 Weekday in term
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17 Weekday in term
18 Weekday in term
19 Weekday in term
20 Weekday in term
21 Weekday in term
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24 Weekday in term
25 Weekday in term
26 Weekday in term
27 Weekday in term
28 Weekday in term
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31 Memorial Day
June 2027
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4 Weekday in term
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7 Weekday in term
8 Weekday in term
9 Weekday in term
10 Weekday in term
11 Weekday in term
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14 Weekday in term
15 Last day of school
16 Record Day
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The 2026-27 year in words
Students in Milwaukee School District go back on . The year ends on , roughly 41 weeks later, with 176 potential weekdays in between after only the days off listed here are counted out. After listed exceptions, the first week has four potential weekdays and the last week has two.
5 breaks are marked on the calendar. October Break is a single day, . Thanksgiving Break starts and ends , a total of 3 days with 3 weekdays off. Winter Break starts and ends , a total of 11 days with 9 weekdays off. February Break is a single day, . Spring Break runs through : 8 days off the calendar, 6 of them weekdays. Winter Break is the longest break, 11 days from start to finish.
The longest run without a listed closure runs to , covering 33 potential weekdays after excluding only the exceptions recorded here. Based only on the exceptions listed here, there are 71 potential weekdays before winter break and 105 after it.
6 other days off are marked as holidays: Labor Day (), Parent-Teacher Conference Day (), New Year's Day/Winter Break (), MLK Jr. Day (), Parent-Teacher Conference Day () and Memorial Day (). 5 of these fall on a Monday or Friday and make a long weekend: Labor Day, Parent-Teacher Conference Day, New Year's Day/Winter Break, MLK Jr. Day and Memorial Day.
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.
The dates come from a web page at milwaukeepublicschools.org, last read on . Use the link on this page to open the district's own calendar and confirm.
Dates in detail
Breaks
Break
Starts
Ends
Days
Weekdays
October Break
1
1
Thanksgiving Break
3
3
Winter Break
11
9
February Break
1
1
Spring Break
8
6
Holidays
Day
Date
Labor Day
Parent-Teacher Conference Day
New Year's Day/Winter Break
MLK Jr. Day
Parent-Teacher Conference Day
Memorial Day
Teacher workdays (no students)
Day
Date
Professional Development/Organizational Days
Professional Development/Organizational Days
Professional Development/Organizational Days
Professional Development/Organizational Days
Professional Development/Organizational Days
Professional Development/Organizational Days
Professional Development/Organizational Days
Professional Development Day
Professional Development Day
Record Day
Professional Development Day
Record Day
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
Month
Potential weekdays
September 2026
21
October 2026
20
November 2026
16
December 2026
14
January 2027
18
February 2027
19
March 2027
18
April 2027
19
May 2027
20
June 2027
11
Where these dates come from
Source: milwaukeepublicschools.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.