BVSD Calendar 2026-27: Off Nov. 23-27, Spring Break March 15-19

The Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) has no classes Monday to Friday, Nov. 23-27, 2026, and from Monday, Dec. 21, 2026 to Monday, Jan. 4, 2027, and students return Tuesday, Jan. 5, according to the district’s calendar page and its Academic Calendar 2026 - 2027 PDF. Spring break is March 15-19, 2027, and the last day for students is Thursday, May 20, 2027.

The district’s web page and its PDF label the breaks differently, so the table below merges them. Both were read Nov. 13, 2026. The page says the calendar is “created and approved by the Board of Education every two years” and prints no approval date. The PDF says the calendar is for kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) only.

BVSD breaks in 2026-27

Break	District’s dates	No classes for students	Back in class
Fall break	Oct. 12-13 (page)	Mon.-Tue., Oct. 12-13, 2026 (past)	Wed., Oct. 14
Thanksgiving	Nov. 25-27 (page), Nov. 23-27 (PDF)	Mon.-Fri., Nov. 23-27, 2026	Mon., Nov. 30
Winter break	Dec. 21-31 (page), Dec. 21 - Jan. 4 (PDF)	Mon., Dec. 21, 2026 to Mon., Jan. 4, 2027	Tue., Jan. 5, 2027
Spring break	March 15-19 (page)	Mon.-Fri., March 15-19, 2027	Mon., March 22

The return days follow from the dates: Nov. 30 and March 22 are the Mondays after the breaks, and the PDF prints “Second Semester Begins Jan. 5.” Plan the weeks on the November 2026 calendar and the March 2027 calendar.

Why do the BVSD page and PDF show different Thanksgiving and winter break dates?

The web page lists “Thanksgiving break – no school” for Nov. 25-27 and “Winter break – no school” for Dec. 21-31. The PDF lists the Thanksgiving break as Nov. 23-27 and the winter break as Dec. 21 - Jan. 4. The extra days are not holidays. They are work days for staff: the PDF marks Nov. 23 and 24 as parent-teacher conference exchange days with no classes, and Jan. 4 as a teacher professional development (PD) day with no class for students.

For students the result is the same: no classes all of Thanksgiving week and none from Dec. 21 through Jan. 4. The PDF’s winter break range includes Dec. 24-25, which it lists as the observed Christmas holiday, and Jan. 1, listed as New Year’s.

Which BVSD days are off for students?

Every no-class day on the page and in the PDF, with weekdays. Dates before Nov. 13 are past.

Date	Weekday	What the calendar lists	Listed in
Aug. 4-7, 10-11, 2026	Tue.-Fri., Mon.-Tue.	Teacher professional development and work days before school starts (past)	PDF
Sept. 7, 2026	Monday	Labor Day	Page
Sept. 21, 2026	Monday	Teacher professional development day	PDF
Oct. 12-13, 2026	Monday-Tuesday	Fall break	Page
Nov. 23-24, 2026	Monday-Tuesday	Parent-teacher conference exchange days	PDF
Nov. 25-27, 2026	Wednesday-Friday	Thanksgiving break	Page and PDF
Dec. 21-31, 2026	Monday (Dec. 21) to Thursday (Dec. 31)	Winter break	Page and PDF
Jan. 1, 2027	Friday	Inside winter break; the PDF lists New Year’s as an observed holiday	PDF
Jan. 4, 2027	Monday	Teacher professional development day, last day of the PDF’s winter break	PDF
Jan. 18, 2027	Monday	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day	Page
Feb. 15, 2027	Monday	Presidents’ Day	Page
Feb. 16, 2027	Tuesday	Parent-teacher conference exchange day	PDF
Feb. 17, 2027	Wednesday	Teacher professional development day	PDF
March 15-19, 2027	Monday-Friday	Spring break	Page
May 21, 2027	Friday	Teacher professional development day, after the last day	PDF
May 24, 2027	Monday	Parent-teacher conference exchange day, after the last day	PDF
May 31, 2027	Monday	Memorial Day	Page

The calendar does not mark Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, as a no-school day. The PDF lists it only as an observed holiday. Neither source lists early-release days.

How long is the Presidents’ Day stretch at BVSD?

Monday, Feb. 15 is Presidents’ Day, Tuesday, Feb. 16 is a conference exchange day and Wednesday, Feb. 17 is a PD day, so students are out Saturday, Feb. 13 through Wednesday, Feb. 17, five days in a row, and return Thursday, Feb. 18. The web page lists only Feb. 15, so the three weekdays off appear only when the PDF is read with it.

When does the BVSD school year start and end?

The web page lists Aug. 12, 2026 as the first day for grades 1-5, 6 and 9. The PDF lists Aug. 13 for grades 7, 8 and 10-12, K Welcome Days Aug. 12-14, and a K-5 Assessment Day on Aug. 25. The first semester ends Friday, Dec. 18, and the second semester begins Tuesday, Jan. 5 and ends Thursday, May 20, 2027, the last day for students. Friday, May 21 and Monday, May 24 are staff days with no classes.

How do BVSD breaks compare with nearby Colorado districts?

Dates from each district’s own calendar, as reported in our stories on Jeffco Public Schools, Denver Public Schools and the Douglas County School District.

District	Thanksgiving	Winter break	Spring break	Last day
BVSD	Nov. 23-27	Dec. 21 - Jan. 4	March 15-19	Thu., May 20
Jeffco	Nov. 23-27	Dec. 21 - Jan. 5	March 22-26	Thu., May 27
Denver	Nov. 23-27	Dec. 21 - Jan. 1	March 29 - April 2	Fri., June 4
Douglas County	Nov. 23-27	Dec. 21-31	March 15-19	Thu., May 27

BVSD and Douglas County share the same spring break week, March 15-19, 2027. BVSD’s last day comes a week before Jeffco’s and Douglas County’s May 27.

The free printable “BVSD Calendar 2026-27” puts these dates on one page, and the printable school-year calendar page has more layouts.