Garland ISD Calendar 2026-27: Fall Break, Winter Break, Spring Break and Last Day

Garland Independent School District (ISD) in Texas has no school for students Nov. 23-27, 2026, for Thanksgiving Break, and Winter Break runs Dec. 21, 2026 to Jan. 1, 2027, by its 2026-27 Academic Calendar. Spring Break is Monday-Friday, March 15-19, 2027, and the last day of class is Thursday, May 27, 2027. The district’s PDF is marked “Updated: 12/03/25; subject to change.”

The next break is Thanksgiving, which starts Monday, Nov. 23. The district’s school year calendar web page lists the same dates as the PDF, apart from one gap covered below.

Garland ISD breaks in 2026-27

Weekdays off are our count from the district’s dates. Return days are inferred from the calendar, which shows no closure on Nov. 30 or March 22 and starts a grading period on Jan. 5.

Break	No school for students	Weekdays off	Classes resume
Fall Break (past)	Mon., Oct. 12 to Fri., Oct. 16, 2026, plus Mon., Oct. 19	6	Tue., Oct. 20, 2026
Thanksgiving Break	Mon., Nov. 23 to Fri., Nov. 27, 2026	5	Mon., Nov. 30, 2026
Winter Break	Mon., Dec. 21, 2026 to Fri., Jan. 1, 2027, plus Mon., Jan. 4	11	Tue., Jan. 5, 2027
Spring Break	Mon., March 15 to Fri., March 19, 2027	5	Mon., March 22, 2027

Does Garland ISD have a fall break in 2026?

Yes, and it has already happened. The PDF lists “Oct. 12-16: Fall Break,” then “Oct. 19: Staff development/ Student holiday” and “Oct. 20: Second grading period begins.” Students were out for eight days in a row, Oct. 12-19. The table on the district’s school year calendar web page leaves the fall break out, so a reader who checks only the web page will not see it. The break still counts in the year’s totals below.

Every Garland ISD day off and early dismissal

The calendar’s own labels are quoted. “Staff/Student holiday” means no school for either group; “Staff development/ Student holiday” means students stay home while staff work.

Date	Weekday	What the district lists
Aug. 10, 2026	Monday	First day of class
Sept. 7, 2026	Monday	Labor Day
Oct. 12-16, 2026	Monday-Friday	Fall Break (past)
Oct. 19, 2026	Monday	Staff development, student holiday (past)
Nov. 3, 2026	Tuesday	Staff development, student holiday (past)
Nov. 23-27, 2026	Monday-Friday	Thanksgiving Break
Dec. 18, 2026	Friday	Early dismissal, second grading period ends
Dec. 21, 2026 to Jan. 1, 2027	Monday-Friday	Winter Break
Jan. 4, 2027	Monday	Staff development, student holiday
Jan. 5, 2027	Tuesday	Third grading period begins
Jan. 18, 2027	Monday	Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Feb. 15, 2027	Monday	Staff and student holiday
Feb. 16, 2027	Tuesday	Staff development, student holiday
March 15-19, 2027	Monday-Friday	Spring Break
March 26, 2027	Friday	Staff and student holiday
April 16, 2027	Friday	Staff and student holiday
May 27, 2027	Thursday	Last day of class, early dismissal
May 28, 2027	Friday	Staff development, student holiday
May 31, 2027	Monday	Memorial Day

Plan the first break on the November 2026 calendar.

How many school days and long weekends does Garland ISD have?

Between the first day, Aug. 10, 2026, and the last day, May 27, 2027, there are 209 weekdays by our count. The calendar takes 34 of them off for students: Labor Day (1), fall break and the Monday after (6), Nov. 3 (1), Thanksgiving Break (5), Winter Break (10 weekdays, Dec. 21 to Jan. 1), Jan. 4 (1), Martin Luther King Jr. Day (1), Feb. 15-16 (2), Spring Break (5), March 26 (1) and April 16 (1). The remaining 175 match the PDF’s own totals of “First semester: 82 days” and “Second semester: 93 days.”

Grading period	Dates	Days listed
First	Aug. 10-Oct. 9, 2026	44
Second	Oct. 20-Dec. 18, 2026	38
Third	Jan. 5-March 12, 2027	46
Fourth	March 22-May 27, 2027	47

Long weekends are our computation from the dates. Monday-Tuesday, Feb. 15-16, 2027, attach to the weekend, so students are out four days in a row, Feb. 13-16. Easter Sunday falls on March 28, 2027 (our computation), and Friday, March 26 is a holiday, which gives a three-day weekend, March 26-28. Friday, April 16 makes another three-day weekend, April 16-18.

Garland ISD winter break 2026 and the return day

Winter Break covers Monday, Dec. 21, 2026 to Friday, Jan. 1, 2027. The PDF prints it as “Dec. 21-31: Winter Break” and again for the first of January. Students get one more day: Monday, Jan. 4 is a staff development and student holiday. Classes resume Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2027, the day the third grading period begins. Friday, Dec. 18 is an early dismissal day and the end of the second grading period.

Garland ISD spring break 2027

Spring Break is March 15-19, 2027. The third grading period ends Friday, March 12, and the fourth begins Monday, March 22. Our spring break 2027 roundup shows how other districts set theirs.

When is the last day of school in Garland ISD?

Classes began Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. The last day of class is Thursday, May 27, 2027, an early dismissal day, and the fourth grading period ends that day. The PDF shows Friday, May 28 as a staff development and student holiday and Monday, May 31 as Memorial Day. The district’s web page lists the last day as “HS Student early dismissal/staff development,” which ties the early dismissal to high school students; the PDF says only “Early dismissal.”

What are the Garland ISD bell times on early dismissal days?

The PDF prints school hours for full days and for early dismissal days. Dec. 18, 2026 and May 27, 2027 are the early dismissal days on the calendar.

Level	Full day	Early dismissal
Full-day prekindergarten and elementary school	8:10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.	8:10 a.m.-1:25 p.m.
Middle school	8:50 a.m.-4:10 p.m.	8:50 a.m.-2:05 p.m.
High school	7:30 a.m.-2:52 p.m.	7:30 a.m.-12:40 p.m.

How does Garland ISD compare with Dallas ISD and Plano ISD?

The table puts the three Dallas-area calendars side by side, with each district’s dates taken from its own calendar as described in our Dallas ISD story and our Plano ISD story.

Date	Garland ISD	Dallas ISD	Plano ISD
Thanksgiving Break	Nov. 23-27, 2026	Nov. 23-27, 2026	Nov. 23-27, 2026
Winter Break	Dec. 21, 2026 to Jan. 1, 2027	Dec. 21, 2026 to Jan. 4, 2027	Dec. 21, 2026 to Jan. 1, 2027
Also off after winter break	Mon., Jan. 4	Dallas lists Jan. 4 inside the break	Mon., Jan. 4
Return day	Tue., Jan. 5, 2027	Jan. 5 is a professional development (PD) day; next grading period Jan. 6	Tue., Jan. 5, 2027
Spring Break	March 15-19, 2027	March 15-19, 2027	March 15-19, 2027
Last day of class	Thu., May 27, 2027	Wed., May 26, 2027	Fri., May 21, 2027

Garland’s last day is one day after Dallas ISD’s and six days after Plano ISD’s. For other districts in the same week, see our Thanksgiving break roundup.

Does the Garland ISD calendar include bad-weather make-up days?

The 2026-27 calendar PDF lists none. It also prints no board approval date; it is marked “Updated: 12/03/25; subject to change,” so check garlandisd.net before you book travel. The free printable for this story puts the district’s dates on one page, and the printable school-year calendar page has more layouts.