JCPS's 2026-27 year runs Thursday, August 6, 2026 to Monday, May 24, 2027, with a full week off at fall break (September 28 – October 2), three days at Thanksgiving, two weeks at winter break and a week at spring break (March 29 – April 2). The days that catch Louisville parents out are the single teacher-only days: Gold Days on a Monday in November and February, Flex Days on the Monday that opens fall break and the Friday before spring break, two Family-Teacher Conference days (a Wednesday in September and a Tuesday in February), two Election Days and Oaks Day, the Friday before the Derby.
Below is every dated line from the first page of the district's own Parent/Family calendar, plus the grading-period and report-card dates from its Important Dates page, with JCPS's wording kept intact — then how to get it onto your phone next to the team schedules.
Source: JCPS School Calendar 2026-27 (PDF) and the district's Calendar at a Glance page. Last checked November 9, 2026. The PDF carries the version mark "26-27 ParentCalendar 1.26rj" and no board-approval date; it states that "Inclement weather will alter the school calendar."
Every date below is copied from the district's own published calendar, not estimated. Districts do revise mid-year, so confirm against the source before you book anything around a date.
39 published entries, 19 of them closures or breaks. A single entry can cover a span of days. Labels are the district's wording.
| Date | What the district calls it |
|---|---|
| Mon, Aug 3, 2026 | First day for teachers (no school for students)No school |
| Tue, Aug 4, 2026 | Non-Flex In-Service (teacher attendance only)No school |
| Thu, Aug 6, 2026 | First day for studentsFirst / last day |
| Mon, Sep 7, 2026 | Labor Day; no school for studentsNo school |
| Tue, Sep 15, 2026 | District grading period ends (high) |
| Wed, Sep 23, 2026 | Family-Teacher Conferences (teacher attendance only)No school |
| Fri, Sep 25, 2026 | Report card distribution (high) |
| Sep 28 – Oct 2, 2026 | Fall Break; no school for studentsNo school |
| Mon, Sep 28, 2026 | Professional-Development Flex Day (teacher attendance only)No school |
| Tue, Oct 13, 2026 | District grading period ends (elementary and middle) |
| Thu, Oct 22, 2026 | Report card distribution (elementary and middle) |
| Mon, Nov 2, 2026 | Professional-Development Gold Day (teacher attendance only)No school |
| Tue, Nov 3, 2026 | Election Day; no school for studentsNo school |
| Thu, Nov 5, 2026 | District grading period ends (high) |
| Mon, Nov 16, 2026 | Report card distribution (high) |
| Nov 25–27, 2026 | Thanksgiving Break; no school for studentsNo school |
| Fri, Dec 18, 2026 | District grading period ends (high; elementary and middle) |
| Dec 21, 2026 – Jan 1, 2027 | Winter Break; no school for studentsNo school |
| Tue, Jan 12, 2027 | Report card distribution (high; elementary and middle) |
| Mon, Jan 18, 2027 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day; no school for studentsNo school |
| Mon, Feb 15, 2027 | Professional-Development Gold Day (teacher attendance only)No school |
| Tue, Feb 16, 2027 | Family-Teacher Conferences (teacher attendance only)No school |
| Wed, Feb 17, 2027 | District grading period ends (high) |
| Fri, Feb 26, 2027 | Report card distribution (high) |
| Wed, Mar 10, 2027 | District grading period ends (elementary and middle) |
| Fri, Mar 19, 2027 | Report card distribution (elementary and middle) |
| Fri, Mar 26, 2027 | Professional-Development Flex Day (teacher attendance only)No school |
| Mar 29 – Apr 2, 2027 | Spring Break; no school for studentsNo school |
| Thu, Apr 8, 2027 | District grading period ends (high) |
| Mon, Apr 19, 2027 | Report card distribution (high) |
| Fri, Apr 30, 2027 | Oaks Day; no school for studentsNo school |
| May 4–22, 2027 | KSA Dates: Last 14 Instructional Days of the School Calendar (the document prints the range as "May 4–22, 2026") |
| Tue, May 18, 2027 | Election Day; no school for studentsNo school |
| Mon, May 24, 2027 | Last day for students; district grading periods end (high; elementary and middle)First / last day |
| Tue, May 25, 2027 | Last day for teachers (no school for students)No school |
| May 25–28, 2027 | Make-Up Days for Students |
| Mon, May 31, 2027 | Memorial Day; no school for studentsNo school |
| Jun 1–2, 2027 | Make-Up Days for Students |
| Thu, Jun 3, 2027 | Report card distribution (high; elementary and middle) |
The PDF's "Teacher Attendance Only" list is separate from its "No School for Students" list, but both mean students stay home: the Non-Flex In-Service on August 4, the Professional-Development Flex Days on September 28 and March 26, the Professional-Development Gold Days on November 2 and February 15, and the Family-Teacher Conferences on September 23 and February 16. September 28 appears twice in the document, as a Flex Day and as the first day of fall break, so both rows are above. Note the pattern around the breaks: Gold Day Monday November 2 runs straight into Election Day Tuesday November 3, Gold Day Monday February 15 into the conference day Tuesday February 16, and Flex Day Friday March 26 into spring break, so each of those is a long stretch out of school.
The PDF lists two Election Days under "No School for Students": Tuesday, November 3, 2026 and Tuesday, May 18, 2027. So is Oaks Day, Friday, April 30, 2027, the day before the Kentucky Derby. The federal holidays off are Labor Day (September 7), Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 18) and Memorial Day (May 31). The calendar does not name Veterans Day or Presidents Day: Wednesday, November 11 is an ordinary school day, and Monday, February 15 is out for students as a Professional-Development Gold Day rather than as a holiday.
The PDF names "Make-Up Days for Students" of May 25, 26, 27 and 28 and June 1 and 2, 2027, the six weekdays after the scheduled last day (skipping Memorial Day). May 25 is also the last day for teachers. The document does not say how or when the district decides to use them; its only statement is that "Inclement weather will alter the school calendar" and that updated calendar information is posted on the district's website and on the JCPS Google calendar. The grid also carries a snow-day and severe-weather legend with no dates attached.
High schools have six district grading periods ending September 15, November 5, December 18, February 17, April 8 and May 24, with report cards distributed September 25, November 16, January 12, February 26, April 19 and June 3. Elementary and middle schools have four, ending October 13, December 18, March 10 and May 24, with report cards October 22, January 12, March 19 and June 3. The PDF also prints "5/24*" at the end of both report-card lists, carrying the same asterisk as its caveat below. The PDF's own caveat: "Many schools operate on different schedules. Check with your child's school. Parent Portal is turned off at the end of each grading period, and it's turned back on when report cards are distributed."
The "Important Dates" page also gives the application period for magnet schools and optional/magnet programs (November 2 – December 18), the Showcase of Schools (October 24), Gifted General Intellect Testing (October 12–23, 2026), SAT test dates and a note that ACT dates are TBD and, for the PSAT, "Check with your child's school." The KSA (Kentucky Summative Assessment) window is given as the "Last 14 Instructional Days of the School Calendar", printed as "May 4–22, 2026" in a document that otherwise covers May 2027. School start and end times are not in the calendar; the PDF points to a separate school-hours lookup.
The quick way: create a free Schedule Caddie account from this page and the 2026-27 calendar above is already on it as your own schedule — the version we verified on November 9, 2026, yours to edit. If JCPS revises the calendar later, upload the new version and you see exactly which days changed before approving them.
Doing it yourself, or a different district:
The district publishes this calendar as a document, not a feed you can subscribe to. Schedule Caddie reads that document for you: download the 2026-27 calendar from the district (the source link above), upload it as a PDF, PNG, or JPG up to 10MB, and it pulls out the no-school days, breaks, early releases with their dismissal times, teacher days, and the first and last day of school.
Nothing is saved until you have looked at it. Every day it found shows up as its own row with the date and label, you uncheck what you don't want and fix anything it misread, and only then does it land on your family calendar, color-coded as School so a holiday Monday reads differently from a 4pm practice. Team schedules you have added as calendar links keep refreshing on their own; the school year sits beside them.
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The first day for students is Thursday, August 6, 2026 and the last day for students is Monday, May 24, 2027. Teachers start Monday, August 3 and finish Tuesday, May 25; both are "no school for students". Six make-up days (May 25–28 and June 1–2) sit after the last day in case weather closures are made up.
Fall break is Monday, September 28 through Friday, October 2, 2026, the whole week. The Monday is also listed as a Professional-Development Flex Day for teachers.
Spring break is Monday, March 29 through Friday, April 2, 2027. The Friday before it, March 26, is a Professional-Development Flex Day with no school for students, so students are out from Friday, March 26 through Sunday, April 4 and return Monday, April 5.
Thanksgiving break is Wednesday through Friday, November 25–27, 2026. Winter break runs Monday, December 21, 2026 through Friday, January 1, 2027; classes resume Monday, January 4.
No. The calendar lists both Election Days, Tuesday, November 3, 2026 and Tuesday, May 18, 2027, and Oaks Day, Friday, April 30, 2027, under "No School for Students".
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