2027-28 School Calendars: Which Big Districts Have Approved Theirs

As of Nov. 4, 2026, seven large U.S. school districts have an approved 2027-28 calendar with a first day we could read, and the earliest is Monday, Aug. 2, 2027 in Hawaii, according to the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE). The latest of the seven is Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2027 at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS), whose Board of Education approved its calendar on April 14, 2026. This is a tracker: we update it as boards vote and districts post.

2027-28 school calendar tracker by district

The table is sorted by status: approved, posted, nothing posted, not confirmed. Weekdays are ours, computed from the dates printed on the district documents. “Not read” means the page we read does not give it, not that the district has not set it. Sources are listed at the bottom of the page.

District	Status	Approved on	First day	Last day	Winter break	Spring break
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS)	Approved	Apr. 14, 2026	Tue., Aug. 24, 2027	Wed., June 7, 2028	Dec. 20-31, 2027	Apr. 10-14, 2028
Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE)	Approved	May 15, 2025	Mon., Aug. 2, 2027	Wed., May 24, 2028	Dec. 20-31, 2027	Mar. 13-17, 2028
Katy Independent School District (ISD)	Approved	Board release Jan. 20, 2026	Wed., Aug. 11, 2027	Wed., May 24, 2028	Not read	Mar. 13-17, 2028
Northside ISD (San Antonio)	Approved	Board news Dec. 9, 2025	Mon., Aug. 9, 2027	Thu., May 25, 2028	Not read	Not read
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)	Approved	July 9, 2026	Mon., Aug. 23, 2027	Wed., June 14, 2028	Two weeks, dates not read	One week, dates not read
Palm Beach County	Approved	Aug. 12, 2026	Tue., Aug. 10, 2027	Not labeled	Not labeled	Not labeled
Lee County (Fort Myers, Fla.)	Approved	Nov. 4, 2025	Tue., Aug. 10, 2027	Tue., May 30, 2028	Not read	Not read
Polk County (Fla.)	Approved	Feb. 24, 2026	Not read	Not read	Not read	Not read
Broward County Public Schools (BCPS)	Approved	Board release Dec. 18, 2025	Not confirmed	Not confirmed	Not confirmed	Not confirmed
Hillsborough County (Fla.)	Approved	Vote date not read	Not read	Not read	Not read	Not read
Chicago Public Schools (CPS)	Posted, approval not stated	Not stated	Mon., Aug. 23, 2027	Fri., June 9, 2028	Dec. 20-31, 2027	Mar. 20-24, 2028
Orange County Public Schools (OCPS)	Posted, approval not stated	Not stated	Tue., Aug. 10, 2027	Wed., May 24, 2028	Dec. 20-31	Mar. 13-17
Clark County School District (CCSD)	Posted, “subject to change”	Not stated	Mon., Aug. 9, 2027	Not shown	Dec. 20-31	Not shown
Columbus City Schools (Ohio)	Posted, approval not stated	Not stated	Thu., Aug. 19, 2027	Thu., May 25, 2028	Dec. 20-31	Apr. 14-21
Houston, Dallas, Philadelphia, San Diego, Cypress-Fairbanks, Memphis-Shelby County, Wake County Public School System (WCPSS)	Nothing posted	None	None	None	None	None
New York City (NYC), Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), Miami-Dade, Gwinnett, Montgomery County (Md.), Prince George’s, Duval, Austin, Denver, Cobb, Baltimore County, Fort Worth	Not confirmed	Not read	Not read	Not read	Not read	Not read

Each row’s dates come from the district’s own document or release. The Katy winter break and Northside breaks are not in the pages we read, and Katy also has a fall break, Oct. 8-12, 2027. Fairfax’s end date comes from the same district bulletin as its start date; the July 9, 2026 vote date comes from FFXnow, which reported the adoption on July 15, 2026. Palm Beach’s calendar marks the first day only; it does not label a last day or breaks.

What the approved 2027-28 calendars say

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools lists “Aug 24 First Day of School” and “June 7th Last Day of School” on a calendar the Board of Education approved April 14, 2026. Winter break is “Dec 20-31” and spring break “Apr 10-14”. Our CMS 2026-27 story covers the current year.

Hawaii’s 2027-2028 official school calendar reads “Approved May 15, 2025”, with “August 2: Students’ First Day” and “May 24: Last Day for Students & Second Semester Ends”. Winter break is December 20-31 and spring break March 13-17. See our Hawaii 2026-27 story for this year.

Katy ISD’s board release of Jan. 20, 2026 gives the first day as Aug. 11, 2027 and the last day as May 24, 2028, with fall break Oct. 8-12, 2027 and spring break March 13-17, 2028. Northside ISD’s board approved the 2026-27 and 2027-28 calendars together, with first days of Aug. 10, 2026 and Aug. 9, 2027 and last days of May 26, 2027 and May 25, 2028.

Fairfax County Public Schools said in a bulletin sent July 13, 2026: “The 2027-28 school year will begin on August 23, 2027.” The last day is June 14, 2028, with a two-week winter break and a one-week spring break. FFXnow reported July 15, 2026 that the board adopted the calendar July 9. Palm Beach County’s PDF is stamped “School Board Approved 8/12/2026” and shows Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2027 as the first day. The School District of Lee County’s 2027-28 PDF, marked as board approved 11/04/2025, starts students Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2027 and ends Tuesday, May 30, 2028 with an early dismissal, as our Lee County story notes.

Approved calendars where we did not read the dates

Three Florida districts say a board approved 2027-28 calendars, but we did not confirm their dates. Polk County Public Schools lists “2027-2028 (Approved 2/24/2026)” on its calendars page; the dates sit in a PDF we did not check. Broward County Public Schools said Dec. 18, 2025 that “the School Board has approved two school year calendars”; the 2027-28 dates are not confirmed on the district site. Hillsborough County Public Schools has an article titled “School Board Approves 2027-2028 Student Academic Calendar”; we did not read the vote date or the dates.

Which districts post 2027-28 calendars without a stated approval?

Chicago Public Schools’ family calendar for SY27-28 (last update 3.5.26) says “Students begin classes on Monday, August 23, 2027 and end on Friday, June 9, 2028”, with winter break December 20 to 31, 2027 and spring break March 20 to 24, 2028. It does not state an approval. Orange County Public Schools shows Tuesday, Aug. 10 as the first day and Wednesday, May 24 as the last, with winter break Dec. 20-31 and spring break March 13-17.

The Clark County School District PDF is marked “*Subject to change”. It lists “Monday, August 9 - Classes Begin” and “No School December 20 - December 31”, with classes resuming Jan. 4, 2028. It shows no last day or spring break. Columbus City Schools in Ohio, outside the 30 largest districts, posted a traditional calendar: “Aug. 19 First Day of School for Grades 1-12”, “Dec. 20-31” winter break, “Apr. 14-21” spring break and “May 25 Last Day for Students”.

How the 2027-28 first days compare with 2026-27

Where our own 2026-27 stories give the first day, the 2027-28 start is one calendar day earlier and falls on the same weekday, with one exception (Palm Beach County, last row). The dates come from our district stories and the documents above.

District	First day 2026-27	First day 2027-28	Change
Hawaii	Mon., Aug. 3, 2026	Mon., Aug. 2, 2027	One day earlier
Northside ISD	Mon., Aug. 10, 2026	Mon., Aug. 9, 2027	One day earlier
Clark County	Mon., Aug. 10, 2026	Mon., Aug. 9, 2027	One day earlier
Lee County	Tue., Aug. 11, 2026	Tue., Aug. 10, 2027	One day earlier
Orange County	Tue., Aug. 11, 2026	Tue., Aug. 10, 2027	One day earlier
Katy ISD	Wed., Aug. 12, 2026	Wed., Aug. 11, 2027	One day earlier
Columbus (Ohio)	Thu., Aug. 20, 2026	Thu., Aug. 19, 2027	One day earlier
Fairfax County	Mon., Aug. 24, 2026	Mon., Aug. 23, 2027	One day earlier
Chicago	Mon., Aug. 24, 2026	Mon., Aug. 23, 2027	One day earlier
Charlotte-Mecklenburg	Tue., Aug. 25, 2026	Tue., Aug. 24, 2027	One day earlier
Palm Beach County	Mon., Aug. 10, 2026	Tue., Aug. 10, 2027	Same date, one weekday later

The weekday shift is a calendar fact: a date lands one weekday later each year. For registration dates and age cutoffs, see our kindergarten registration 2027-28 roundup.

Which districts have nothing posted for 2027-28?

On Nov. 4, 2026, the calendar pages of Houston Independent School District, Dallas Independent School District, the School District of Philadelphia, San Diego Unified, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Memphis-Shelby County Schools and the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) showed nothing for 2027-28. We could not check NYC, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), Miami-Dade, Gwinnett, Montgomery County in Maryland, Prince George’s, Duval, Austin, Denver, Cobb, Baltimore County or Fort Worth, because their sites refused automated access or could not be read. They are listed as not confirmed.

Print the 2027-28 tracker

The one-page table below lists the districts above with a first day we read, plus last days and breaks. Pair it with the printable school-year calendar and the August 2027 calendar to mark your district’s first day when it is approved.