2027-28 Calendar (Text)
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| *July 2 | Summer Hours (Admin. Offices and School Offices Closed) |
| *July 5 | Independence Day Observed (Admin. Offices and School Offices Closed) |
| *July 9, 16, 23 | Summer Hours (Admin. Offices and School Offices Closed) |
| July 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 | New Teacher Week |
| August 2, 5, 6, 9 | Collaboration, Learning and Planning Days |
| August 3 | Collaboration, Learning and Planning Day |
| August 4 | Collaboration, Learning and Planning Day |
| August 4 | Open House Middle School Students |
| August 5 | Open House High School Students |
| August 9 | Open House Elementary School and Dowell J. Howard Center Students |
| August 10 | Transition Day |
| August 11 | First Day of School for Students |
| *September 3 | No School - Labor Day Observed (Admin. Offices and School Offices Closed) |
| *September 6 | No School - Labor Day (Admin. Offices and School Offices Closed) |
| September 29 | No School - Collaboration, Learning and Planning Day |
| October 15 | End of First 9 Weeks |
| October 18 | No School - Collaboration, Learning and Planning Day |
| October 26 | Report Cards Issued |
| *November 1 | No School (Admin. Offices and School Offices Closed) |
| *November 2 | No School - Election Day (Admin. Offices and School Offices Closed) |
| November 22, 23 | No School - All Buildings Closed to the Public/12-Month Report to Work) |
| *November 24, 25, 26 | No School - Thanksgiving (Admin. Offices and School Offices Closed) |
| *December 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30 | No School - Winter Break (Admin. Offices and School Offices Closed) |
| *December 31 | No School - New Year's Eve (Admin. Offices and School Offices Closed) |
| January 3 | No School - Collaboration, Learning and Planning Day |
| January 4 | No School - Collaboration, Learning and Planning Day |
| January 4 | End of Second 9 Weeks |
| January 5 | School Reopens |
| January 13 | Report Cards Issued |
| *January 17 | No School - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Admin. Offices and School Offices Closed) |
| *February 18 | No School (Admin. Offices and School Offices Closed) |
| *February 21 | No School - Presidents' Day (Admin. Offices and School Offices Closed) |
| February 28, 29, March 1, 2, 3 | Pre-K and Kindergarten Registration Week for 2028-29 School Year |
| March 2 | End of Third 9 Weeks |
| March 3 | No School - Collaboration, Learning and Planning Day |
| March 6 | No School - Collaboration, Learning and Planning Day |
| March 13 | Report Cards Issued |
| *April 17, 18 | No School - Spring Break (Admin. Offices and School Offices Closed) |
| April 19, 20, 21 | No School - Spring Break (All Buildings Closed to the Public/12-Month Report to Work) |
| *May 5 | No School - Apple Blossom (Admin. Offices and School Offices Closed) |
| May 23 | Dowell J. Howard Center Graduation 6:30 p.m. |
| May 24 | James Wood High School Graduation 7 p.m. |
| May 25 | Last Day of School for Students (Early Dismissal (HS - Noon; MS - 12:15 p.m.; ES - 1 p.m.) |
| May 25 | End of Second Semester, End of Fourth 9 Weeks |
| May 25 | Millbrook High School Graduation 6 p.m. |
| May 26 | No School - Teacher Workday |
| May 26 | Sherando High School Graduation 7 p.m. |
| *May 29 | No School - Memorial Day (Admin. Offices and School Offices Closed) |
| May 31, June 1 | 2028 Admin. Summer Training Meeting |
| June 7 | Report Cards Issued |
| *June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 | Summer Hours (Admin. Offices and School Offices Closed) |
| *June 19 | Juneteenth Observed (Admin. Offices and School Offices Closed) |
*Indicates Admin. Offices and School Offices Closed
Approved by School Board: December 16, 2025
Amended by School Board: April 21, 2026
The School Board reserves the right to change the calendar in relation to holiday observance and make-up days (see School Board policy). The 2027-28 school calendar has 173 student days and a fixed last day of school.
***Calendar subject to adjustment based on need to remain in compliance with VA Code: § 22.1-98. Reduction of state aid when length of school term below 180 days or 990 hours. (See below)
1. The length of every school's term in every school division shall be at least 180 teaching days or 990 teaching hours in any school year; and
2. If the length of the term of any school or the schools in a school division shall be less than 180 teaching days or 990 teaching hours in any school year, the amount paid by the Commonwealth from the Basic School Aid Fund shall, except as
otherwise hereinafter provided or as otherwise provided by law, be reduced in the same proportion as the length of the school term has been reduced in any school or the schools in the school division from 180 teaching days or 990 teaching
hours.