EBR Schools Calendar 2026-27: Mardi Gras Break Feb. 8-10

East Baton Rouge Parish (EBR) schools are closed for students Nov. 23-27, 2026, for Thanksgiving Break, and again Dec. 21, 2026 to Jan. 1, 2027, for Winter Break, according to the 2026-2027 School Year Calendar of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System (EBRPSS). The board approved the calendar March 19, 2026, and its footer says “This calendar is subject to change.” Mardi Gras Break follows Feb. 8-10, 2027, and the last day of school for students is Friday, May 21, 2027.

The dates below come from the district’s PDF. Weekdays are our calendar check, and return days are our reading of the calendar. The PDF also has a separate list for 12-month employees, whose dates differ in a few places (Thanksgiving Nov. 26-27, Mardi Gras Feb. 8-9 and spring Mar. 29-30); students follow the list used here.

EBR schools breaks in 2026-27

Break	Dates	Students return
Thanksgiving Break	Mon., Nov. 23 to Fri., Nov. 27, 2026	Mon., Nov. 30
Winter Break (School District Closure)	Mon., Dec. 21, 2026 to Fri., Jan. 1, 2027	Wed., Jan. 6, 2027 (first day of the second semester)
Mardi Gras Break	Mon., Feb. 8 to Wed., Feb. 10, 2027	Thu., Feb. 11
Good Friday and Spring Break	Fri., March 26 to Fri., April 2, 2027	Mon., April 5

Plan the weeks on the November 2026 calendar and the February 2027 calendar. Other districts’ dates are in the winter break roundup.

When is EBR schools’ winter break in 2026?

Winter Break, listed as a School District Closure, runs Monday, Dec. 21, 2026 to Friday, Jan. 1, 2027, ten weekdays. The week before, Thursday, Dec. 17 ends the second nine weeks and the first semester, and Friday, Dec. 18 is a Teacher In-Service day marked “Students Do Not Attend.”

By our reading, students are out from Friday, Dec. 18 until Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2027, the first day of the second semester. Certified employees return Monday, Jan. 4 and support employees Tuesday, Jan. 5; the calendar shades those two days as Teacher In-Service (Professional Development/Parent-Teacher Conferences).

Which EBR schools days are off for students?

Every closure, break and in-service day in the district’s date list, with weekdays. Items before Nov. 12 are past.

Date	Weekday	What the calendar lists
Sept. 7, 2026	Monday	Labor Day (Holiday/District Closure)
Oct. 9, 2026	Friday	End of the 1st Nine Weeks / Teacher In-Service (Students Do Not Attend)
Oct. 12-13, 2026	Monday-Tuesday	Fall Break
Nov. 3, 2026	Tuesday	Election Day, shown as Holiday/District Closure (No Students/Staff) in the key
Nov. 23-27, 2026	Monday-Friday	Thanksgiving Break
Dec. 18, 2026	Friday	Teacher In-Service (Students Do Not Attend)
Dec. 21, 2026 to Jan. 1, 2027	Monday-Friday	Winter Break (School District Closure)
Jan. 18, 2027	Monday	Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Feb. 8-10, 2027	Monday-Wednesday	Mardi Gras Break
March 12, 2027	Friday	End of 3rd Nine Weeks / Teacher In-Service / Asynchronous Instructional Day (B-Day)
March 26 to April 2, 2027	Friday-Friday	Good Friday & Spring Break
May 31, 2027	Monday	Memorial Day Holiday (School District Closure)

March 12 is an asynchronous instructional day, so the calendar treats it as an instructional day and not a holiday. The calendar lists no early-dismissal or makeup days.

When is EBR schools’ Mardi Gras break in 2027?

Monday, Feb. 8 to Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2027. Mardi Gras is Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2027, the day before Ash Wednesday on Feb. 10; see the Mardi Gras 2027 dates. Classes resume Thursday, Feb. 11.

When is EBR schools’ spring break in 2027?

The calendar lists “Good Friday & Spring Break” from Friday, March 26 to Friday, April 2, 2027, with 9, 10 and 11 month employees and students out. That is six weekdays, and classes resume Monday, April 5 by our reading. For other districts, see the spring break 2027 roundup.

When does the EBR school year start and end?

Employee in-service is Aug. 3-5, 2026, and the first day of school for students (A-Day) is Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. Graduating seniors have their last day Friday, May 7, 2027. The last day for students is Friday, May 21, 2027, and 9-month teachers and support staff finish Monday, May 24. Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, is a school district closure, and the Juneteenth holiday is Monday, June 21, observed June 18.

The free printable carries these dates on one page, and the printable school-year calendar page has more layouts.