The MCPS Board recently approved the 2026-2027 school calendar. The calendar includes 181 school days with the first day of school for all students on August 11. August 10 will serve as a transition day for students entering kindergarten, 6th grade, and 9th grade. The last day of school for students will be Friday, May 28, 2027.
The transition day provides students entering a new school level with dedicated time to become familiar with the building, learn routines and procedures, and connect with teachers and staff before the full student body returns.
The school calendar includes fall Break, Thanksgiving break, winter break, spring break, and the Labor Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Presidents’ Day holidays during the school year. Six teacher workdays are scheduled within the school year, plus additional teacher workdays before and after the school year starts and ends.
Holidays & Breaks
2026
July 2 Offices Closed for 4th of July
Sept. 7 Closed Labor Day
Oct. 2 Closed Fall Break
Nov. 25-27 Closed Thanksgiving Break
Dec. 21- 31 Closed Winter Break
2027
Jan. 1 Closed Winter Break
Jan. 18 Closed Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Feb. 15 Closed Presidents’ Day
March 26-April 2 Closed Spring Break
May 31 Closed Memorial Day
June 21 Closed for Juneteenth
Teacher Workdays, Parent/Teacher Conferences, End of Grading Periods
2026
July 27-31 Unassigned teach workdays
August 3-7 Teacher workdays
August 10 First day of school for K, 6th, 9th graders
August 11 First day of school - All students
Sept. 21 Teacher Workday
Oct. 8 End of first quarter
Oct. 26-30 Parent Teacher Conferences
Nov. 3 Teacher workday
Dec. 18 End of second quarter and first semester
2027
Jan. 4-5 Teacher workdays
March 9 End of third quarter
March 10 Teacher Workday
March 15-19 Parent Teacher Conferences
May 21-23 Graduation Weekend
May 28 Last day of school
June 1 Teacher workday
June 2-3 Unassigned teacher workday