Leander ISD Calendar 2026-27: Thanksgiving, Winter Break, Spring Break and Last Day

Leander Independent School District (ISD) has no school Nov. 23-27, 2026, from Monday, Dec. 21, 2026 to Monday, Jan. 4, 2027, and Mar. 15-19, 2027, according to its 2026-2027 Approved Calendar. Students return Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2027, and the last day of school is Thursday, May 27, 2027, an early release day. The Board of Trustees approved the calendar at its Feb. 19, 2026 meeting, the district said in a Mar. 2, 2026 news post.

Classes began Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. The next break is Thanksgiving week. The Oct. 9-13 weekend, Sept. 7 Labor Day and the Nov. 2-3 Continuous Improvement Conference (CIC) days have passed.

When are the Leander ISD breaks in 2026-27?

Weekdays off are our count from the district’s dates. Return days are the first weekday after each break and are our reading, not a date the district prints.

Break	No school	Weekdays off	Classes resume
Thanksgiving	Mon., Nov. 23 to Fri., Nov. 27, 2026	5	Mon., Nov. 30 (our reading)
Winter break	Mon., Dec. 21, 2026 to Mon., Jan. 4, 2027	11	Tue., Jan. 5, 2027 (our reading)
Spring break	Mon., Mar. 15 to Fri., Mar. 19, 2027	5	Mon., Mar. 22 (our reading)

The Approved Calendar calls Nov. 23-27 “Thanksgiving Break (No staff/Students),” while the district’s Essentials sheet calls the same week “Fall Break.” Both are the same dates.

The winter stretch is built from three lines: “Winter Break (No staff/Students)” on Dec. 21-31, New Years’ Day on Jan. 1, and “Professional Learning” on Jan. 4. The Essentials legend marks Professional Learning days “Professional Learning/No School,” so students are out Jan. 4. See our December 2026 printable calendar and the winter break 2026 roundup for other districts.

Which days are off at Leander ISD?

The district lists several single days that sit next to a weekend or holiday. The Essentials sheet marks Professional Learning days “Professional Learning/No School.”

Date	Weekday	What the calendar lists
Sept. 7, 2026	Monday	Labor Day (No staff/Students)
Sept. 21, 2026	Monday	Professional Learning
Oct. 9, 2026	Friday	Parent Teacher Conferences/Professional Learning Day
Oct. 12-13, 2026	Monday-Tuesday	Student & Staff Break
Nov. 2-3, 2026	Monday-Tuesday	CIC (Essentials: Continuous Improvement Conference)
Nov. 23-27, 2026	Monday-Friday	Thanksgiving Break (No staff/Students)
Dec. 21-31, 2026	Monday-Thursday	Winter Break (No staff/Students)
Jan. 1, 2027	Friday	New Years’ Day (No staff/Students)
Jan. 4, 2027	Monday	Professional Learning
Jan. 18, 2027	Monday	Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day (No staff/Students)
Feb. 12, 2027	Friday	Professional Learning
Feb. 15-16, 2027	Monday-Tuesday	Student & Staff Break
Mar. 15-19, 2027	Monday-Friday	Spring Break (No staff/Students)
Mar. 26, 2027	Friday	(No staff/Students); Essentials: Student/Staff Break
Mar. 29, 2027	Monday	Professional Learning
Apr. 26, 2027	Monday	Professional Learning

For the Nov. 2-3 CIC days we report only what the calendar says; the lines we checked do not spell out who attends.

Which Leander ISD days make long weekends?

These stretches are our count: a Professional Learning day or break day that touches a weekend or another day off.

Stretch	Days off in a row	Weekdays off
Fri., Oct. 9 to Tue., Oct. 13, 2026 (past)	5	3
Fri., Feb. 12 to Tue., Feb. 16, 2027	5	3
Fri., Mar. 26 to Mon., Mar. 29, 2027	4	2

The Feb. 15 Monday is not named Presidents Day on the calendar; it is one of the two “Student & Staff Break” days. Memorial Day falls after the last day of school, and the calendar’s statutory notes say “No school on Memorial Day.”

What are the Leander ISD early release times?

Dec. 18, 2026 and May 27, 2027 are early release days. The district’s Essentials sheet gives these hours in Central Time (CT), next to the regular schedule.

Level	Regular day	Early release
Elementary	7:30 a.m. to 2:50 p.m.	7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Middle	9:00 a.m. to 4:20 p.m.	9:00 a.m. to 1:05 p.m.
High	8:15 a.m. to 3:35 p.m.	8:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

The district’s calendar page adds that “Child Nutrition Services will offer sack lunches these days.”

When is the last day of school at Leander ISD?

Thursday, May 27, 2027, an early release day. The district’s news post says the final calendar “ends on Thursday, May 27, 2027, an early-release day, instead of Friday, May 28 as previously shared.”

What does the calendar say about school days and minutes?

The Approved Calendar prints its “Statutory Guidelines”: 187 teacher days and 75,600 minutes, “with enough on top of that for two bad weather days.” It does not list make-up dates for weather closures, so none are given here.

How does Leander ISD compare with Austin ISD?

The Austin dates come from our Austin ISD calendar story.

Item	Leander ISD	Austin ISD
Thanksgiving week	Nov. 23-27, 2026	Fall Break, Nov. 23-27, 2026
Winter break	Dec. 21, 2026 to Jan. 4, 2027	Dec. 21, 2026 to Jan. 4, 2027
Spring break	Mar. 15-19, 2027	Mar. 15-19, 2027
Last day for students	Thu., May 27, 2027	May 27, 2027

On these four lines the two districts match. See the spring break 2027 roundup for other districts, and mark the week on the March 2027 printable calendar.

Has Leander ISD approved the 2027-28 calendar?

Not yet. The Mar. 2, 2026 news post includes a draft 2027-28 calendar “which would be formally approved at a future meeting.” The free printable puts the 2026-27 breaks, Professional Learning days, early release days, first day and last day on one page, and our printable school-year calendar page has more layouts.