Collier County Public Schools Calendar 2026-27: Fall, Winter and Spring Break Dates

Collier County Public Schools (CCPS) in Florida has no school for students or teachers Nov. 23-27, 2026, which the district calls Fall Break, and no school for students and teachers Dec. 21-31, 2026 for Winter Break, by its “Approved Academic School Calendar 2026 – 2027.” Spring Break is March 22-29, 2027, and the last student day is Thursday, May 27, 2027.

The calendar PDF is headed “Board Approved January 15, 2025” and is linked from the district’s Academic & District Calendars page. This story adds our arithmetic from the district’s dates: every no-school day with its weekday, the early dismissals, the four quarters and how Collier compares with Lee County next door. A printable school-year calendar is at the bottom.

Collier County school breaks in 2026-27

The district calls Thanksgiving week “Fall Break”, so a search for a Thanksgiving break or a fall break leads to the same dates. Weekdays off are our count from the district’s dates and include Thanksgiving Day, New Year’s Day and the teacher plan days, since students have no school on them.

Break	No school for students	Weekdays off	Students return
Fall Break	Mon., Nov. 23 to Fri., Nov. 27, 2026	5	Mon., Nov. 30, 2026 (our reading)
Winter Break	Mon., Dec. 21, 2026 to Thu., Dec. 31, plus Fri., Jan. 1 and Mon., Jan. 4, 2027	11	Tue., Jan. 5, 2027
Spring Break	Fri., March 19 (plan day), then Mon., March 22 to Mon., March 29, 2027	7	Tue., March 30, 2027 (our reading)

The district prints “5- Students return to school” for Jan. 5. It prints no return day for the other two breaks, so Nov. 30 and March 30 are the next weekdays the calendar does not list as off.

The district lists Spring Break as “22 - 29”, Monday to the next Monday, which is six weekdays. Friday, March 19 is a Teacher Plan Day with no school for students, so the full stretch runs from Friday, March 19 through Monday, March 29. Some websites give spring break as March 19-29; the district’s own line is March 22-29, and we use that. The March 2027 printable calendar shows the run, and our spring break 2027 roundup compares other districts.

Every Collier County day off and early dismissal

Students started Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, a week after teachers on Tuesday, Aug. 4, so the dates before today, Nov. 5, are past. Plan the next break on the November 2026 calendar.

Date	Weekday	What the district lists
Sept. 7, 2026	Monday	Labor Day (paid holiday)
Sept. 21, 2026	Monday	Professional Development Day, no school for students
Oct. 12, 2026	Monday	Teacher Plan Day, no school for students
Nov. 23-27, 2026	Monday-Friday	Fall Break, no school for students or teachers; Thanksgiving Day is Thursday, Nov. 26
Dec. 21-31, 2026	Monday-Thursday	Winter Break, no school for students and teachers
Jan. 1, 2027	Friday	New Year’s Day (paid holiday)
Jan. 4, 2027	Monday	Teacher Plan Day, no school for students
Jan. 18, 2027	Monday	Martin Luther King Jr. Day (paid holiday)
Feb. 15, 2027	Monday	President’s Day (paid holiday)
March 19, 2027	Friday	Teacher Plan Day, no school for students
March 22-29, 2027	Monday-Monday	Spring Break
May 31, 2027	Monday	Memorial Day (paid holiday), after the last student day

Sept. 21 is listed as a Professional Development Day with “activities allowed after sundown”; the calendar gives no other detail. Report cards are published Monday, Jan. 11, 2027.

Collier County early dismissal days

Students leave early on these days, and the calendar pairs most with Professional Learning for Teachers. The district’s printed text gives no dismissal times, so we list none.

Date	Weekday	What the district lists
Aug. 26, 2026	Wednesday	Early Dismissal/Professional Learning for Teachers
Oct. 29, 2026	Thursday	Early Dismissal Day/ Professional Learning for Teachers
Feb. 2, 2027	Tuesday	Early Dismissal Day/ Professional Learning for Teachers
April 21, 2027	Wednesday	Early Dismissal Day/ Professional Learning for Teachers
May 21, 2027	Friday	Early Dismissal Day, in graduation week (May 17-21)
May 27, 2027	Thursday	End of Q4, Early Dismissal and Last Student Day

Friday, Dec. 18, 2026 is the end of Quarter 2, marked “end of day on the 18”. We could not confirm an early dismissal that day, so ask the school before you plan around it.

How long are the Collier County quarters?

The calendar prints a day count for each quarter. They add up to 180 student days, our sum of the four counts.

Quarter	Ends	Student days
1	Fri., Oct. 9, 2026	42
2	Fri., Dec. 18, 2026	44
3	Thu., March 18, 2027	51
4	Thu., May 27, 2027	43

Quarter 3 is the longest at 51 days and ends March 18, one day before the plan day that opens the spring break stretch.

Does the Collier County calendar include hurricane make-up days?

The 2026-27 calendar prints none: no days are set aside after the last student day, May 27, 2027. The district’s calendar page is the place to look for any change.

How does Collier compare with Lee County?

Lee County, Florida, is a Southwest Florida neighbor with its own district. The Lee dates come from our Lee County calendar story, which cites the School District of Lee County’s 2026-2027 Instructional Calendar.

	Collier County	Lee County
First student day	Tue., Aug. 11, 2026	Tue., Aug. 11, 2026
Thanksgiving week	Nov. 23-27, called Fall Break	Nov. 23-27, called Thanksgiving Break
Winter break	Dec. 21-31	Dec. 21, 2026 to Jan. 1, 2027
Students return	Tue., Jan. 5, 2027	Tue., Jan. 5, 2027
Spring break	March 22-29	March 22-25, with March 26 and 29 also off
Last student day	Thu., May 27, 2027	Thu., May 27, 2027

The two districts share the same start, Thanksgiving week, return day after winter break and last day. They differ in how the March stretch is built: Collier lists Spring Break as March 22-29, and Lee lists March 22-25 as Spring Break with Good Friday and a remote duty day on March 26 and 29. For another Florida county see the Hillsborough County calendar story.

Is the 2027-28 Collier County calendar posted?

Yes. The district’s calendar page links a 2027-2028 calendar PDF. We have not read it, so we give no 2027-28 dates here.

Print the Collier County school-year calendar

The free printable puts the first and last student day, the three breaks, the holidays, the plan days and the early dismissals on one sheet, with space to fill in conferences and picture day. It lists what the district does not say, such as a Dec. 18 early dismissal. Our printable school-year calendar page has a blank layout.