Orange County Public Schools — the Orlando district, not the California one — runs its 2026-27 year from Tuesday, August 11, 2026 to Wednesday, May 26, 2027, with a full week at Thanksgiving, two weeks at winter break and one week of spring break in mid-March. The days that catch families out are the teacher workdays: the Monday after the first marking period, the Monday before students return from winter break, the Friday after the third marking period ends, and a Friday in late April, each one a student holiday that is not a holiday for anyone else.
Below is the district's calendar as published, every row, with OCPS's own labels kept intact — including which closures also close the district offices — then how to get it onto your phone next to the team schedules.
Source: OCPS 2026-2027 School Calendar (PDF) and ocps.net/calendars. Last checked November 6, 2026. The calendar is the district-wide OCPS school calendar: first and last day, holidays, teacher workdays and student holidays, breaks, marking periods, and a second page of prioritized severe weather make-up days.
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.
21 published entries, 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Aug 3–10, 2026 | Pre-Planning (August 5 – Professional Development Day) |
| Tue, Aug 11, 2026 | First Day of SchoolFirst / last day |
| Mon, Sep 7, 2026 | Labor Day HolidayNo school |
| Fri, Oct 9, 2026 | End of First Marking Period |
| Mon, Oct 12, 2026 | Teacher Workday/Student HolidayNo school |
| Tue, Oct 13, 2026 | Begin Second Marking Period |
| Nov 23–27, 2026 | Thanksgiving BreakNo school |
| Fri, Dec 18, 2026 | End of Second Marking Period |
| Dec 21, 2026 – Jan 1, 2027 | Winter Break (two weeks)No school |
| Mon, Jan 4, 2027 | Teacher Workday/Student HolidayNo school |
| Tue, Jan 5, 2027 | Begin Third Marking Period; Begin Second Semester |
| Mon, Jan 18, 2027 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday; Schools and District Offices ClosedNo school |
| Mon, Feb 15, 2027 | Presidents' Day/Teacher Non-Work Day; Schools Closed/District Offices OpenNo school |
| Thu, Mar 11, 2027 | End of Third Marking Period |
| Fri, Mar 12, 2027 | Teacher Workday/Student HolidayNo school |
| Mar 15–19, 2027 | Spring Break; Schools Closed/District Offices OpenNo school |
| Mon, Mar 22, 2027 | Begin Fourth Marking Period |
| Fri, Apr 23, 2027 | Teacher Professional Day; Student Holiday/Teacher Non-WorkdayNo school |
| Wed, May 26, 2027 | End of Fourth Marking Period; Last Day of SchoolFirst / last day |
| May 27–28, 2027 | Post Planning |
| Mon, May 31, 2027 | Memorial Day Holiday; Schools and District Offices ClosedNo school |
October 12, January 4 and March 12 are each labelled "Teacher Workday/Student Holiday", and April 23 is a "Teacher Professional Day" that is a "Student Holiday/Teacher Non-Workday". None of them are federal holidays, so they do not line up with a parent's day off, and two of them extend a break: January 4 turns winter break into a Tuesday return, and March 12 makes spring break start a day early for students.
The second page of the calendar lists prioritized make-up days: 1. February 15, 2027 (Presidents' Day); 2. April 23, 2027 (Professional Day/Student Holiday); 3. November 23, 2026 (Monday of Thanksgiving); 4. November 24, 2026 (Tuesday of Thanksgiving). The district says that in the event of severe weather closures "the Superintendent may waive a portion of the make-up days and/or utilize other alternatives, such as extended Wednesdays or extending the school year," and that the listed days are used only "after exhausting these alternatives." So a hurricane closure does not automatically cancel Presidents' Day — but it is the first day the district would reach for.
OCPS distinguishes the two. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 18) and Memorial Day (May 31) are "Schools and District Offices Closed". Presidents' Day (February 15) and Spring Break (March 15–19) are "Schools Closed/District Offices Open". Either way students are off; the label only tells you whether anyone is answering the phone at the district office.
The first marking period ends Friday, October 9 and the second begins Tuesday, October 13. The second ends Friday, December 18; the third, and the second semester, begin Tuesday, January 5. The third marking period ends Thursday, March 11 and the fourth begins Monday, March 22, after spring break. The fourth ends Wednesday, May 26, the last day of school. Pre-planning runs August 3–10 (with a professional development day on August 5) and post-planning is May 27–28; neither involves students.
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 6, 2026, yours to edit. If Orange County (Orlando) 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.
Either way it travels like anything else on your Schedule Caddie calendar: subscribe to your Schedule Caddie link in Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or Outlook and the school days come along.
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The First Day of School is Tuesday, August 11, 2026. The Last Day of School is Wednesday, May 26, 2027, which is also the End of Fourth Marking Period. Teachers have pre-planning August 3–10 and post-planning May 27–28.
Thanksgiving Break is Monday, November 23 through Friday, November 27, 2026. Winter Break is Monday, December 21, 2026 through Friday, January 1, 2027, followed by a Teacher Workday/Student Holiday on January 4, so students return Tuesday, January 5. Spring Break is Monday, March 15 through Friday, March 19, 2027, with a Teacher Workday/Student Holiday on Friday, March 12 just before it; students return Monday, March 22.
The calendar's prioritized severe weather make-up days are, in order: February 15, 2027 (Presidents' Day), April 23, 2027 (Professional Day/Student Holiday), November 23, 2026 (Monday of Thanksgiving) and November 24, 2026 (Tuesday of Thanksgiving). The district says it may first waive some make-up days or use alternatives such as extended Wednesdays or extending the school year, and only then use the listed days.
No. The published district calendar lists holidays, teacher workdays, student holidays, breaks and marking periods only; it does not list early-release or early-dismissal dates. The severe-weather page mentions "extended Wednesdays" as a possible make-up alternative, but the calendar itself contains no Wednesday schedule. Check your school's own bell schedule for dismissal times.
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