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First day
October Break
Thanksgiving Break
to
Winter Break
to
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 2027
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1 First day of school
2 Weekday in term
3 Weekday in term
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6 Labor Day
7 Weekday in term
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October 2027
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18 Weekday in term
19 Weekday in term
20 Weekday in term
21 Weekday in term
22 Parent-Teacher Conference Day
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25 October Break
26 Weekday in term
27 Weekday in term
28 Weekday in term
29 Weekday in term
30
31
November 2027
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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 Professional Development Day
24 Thanksgiving Break
25 Thanksgiving Break
26 Thanksgiving Break
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28
29 Weekday in term
30 Weekday in term
December 2027
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11
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13 Weekday in term
14 Weekday in term
15 Weekday in term
16 Weekday in term
17 Weekday in term
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19
20 Weekday in term
21 Weekday in term
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 2028
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3 Weekday in term
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6 Weekday in term
7 Weekday in term
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10 Weekday in term
11 Weekday in term
12 Weekday in term
13 Weekday in term
14 Weekday in term
15
16
17 MLK Jr. Day
18 Weekday in term
19 Weekday in term
20 Weekday in term
21 Professional Development Day
22
23
24 Weekday in term
25 Weekday in term
26 Weekday in term
27 Weekday in term
28 Weekday in term
29
30
31 Weekday in term
February 2028
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16 Weekday in term
17 Weekday in term
18 Weekday in term
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20
21 Weekday in term
22 Weekday in term
23 Weekday in term
24 Weekday in term
25 Professional Development Day
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27
28 Weekday in term
29 Weekday in term
March 2028
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1 Weekday in term
2 Weekday in term
3 Weekday in term
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6 Weekday in term
7 Weekday in term
8 Weekday in term
9 Weekday in term
10 Weekday in term
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13 Weekday in term
14 Weekday in term
15 Weekday in term
16 Weekday in term
17 Weekday in term
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19
20 Weekday in term
21 Weekday in term
22 Weekday in term
23 Weekday in term
24 Parent-Teacher Conference Day
25
26
27 Weekday in term
28 Weekday in term
29 Weekday in term
30 Weekday in term
31 Weekday in term
April 2028
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1
2
3 Spring Break
4 Spring Break
5 Spring Break
6 Spring Break
7 Spring Break
8
9
10 Weekday in term
11 Weekday in term
12 Weekday in term
13 Weekday in term
14 Professional Development Day
15
16
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
29
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May 2028
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8 Weekday in term
9 Weekday in term
10 Weekday in term
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15 Weekday in term
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17 Weekday in term
18 Weekday in term
19 Weekday in term
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21
22 Weekday in term
23 Weekday in term
24 Weekday in term
25 Weekday in term
26 Weekday in term
27
28
29 Memorial Day
30 Weekday in term
31 Weekday in term
June 2028
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1 Weekday in term
2 Weekday in term
3
4
5 Weekday in term
6 Weekday in term
7 Weekday in term
8 Last day of school
9 Record Day
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The 2027-28 year in words
Classes for Milwaukee School District run from until . End to end that is roughly 40 weeks, and after the breaks, holidays and teacher workdays are removed, 176 potential weekdays remain, based only on the exceptions listed here. After listed exceptions, the first week has three potential weekdays and the last week has four.
4 breaks are marked on the calendar. October Break is a single day, . Thanksgiving Break runs through : 3 days off the calendar, 3 of them weekdays. Students are off for Winter Break from to , 10 days counting weekends and 8 weekdays counting Monday through Friday. Students are off for Spring Break from to , 5 days counting weekends and 5 weekdays counting Monday through Friday. Winter Break is the longest break, 10 days from start to finish.
The longest stretch with no break, holiday or teacher workday listed here is 33 potential weekdays, from to . After subtracting listed closures, winter break divides the remaining potential weekdays into 73 before it and 103 after it.
5 other days off are marked as holidays: Labor Day (), Parent-Teacher Conference Day (), 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, MLK Jr. Day, Parent-Teacher Conference 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
10
8
Spring Break
5
5
Holidays
Day
Date
Labor Day
Parent-Teacher Conference Day
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
Professional Development Day
Professional Development Day
Record Day
Potential weekdays by month, after listed exceptions
Month
Potential weekdays
September 2027
21
October 2027
19
November 2027
18
December 2027
15
January 2028
19
February 2028
20
March 2028
22
April 2028
14
May 2028
22
June 2028
6
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.