Mobile County Public Schools Calendar 2026-27

The MCPSS 2026-27 calendar

This is the district's own calendar, as MCPSS publishes it. Tap it to open the full-size image.

Add the MCPSS calendar to your phone

Pick a file. Each one is an all-day event per day off, and a break is one event across all its days.

On an iPhone

Tap a file above, then tap Add All. The dates go into the calendar you choose.

In Google Calendar

On a computer, open Google Calendar, then Settings, then Import & export. Choose the file and the calendar to add it to. The dates show up on your Android phone too.

In Outlook

Open the downloaded file, or in Outlook on the web go to Add calendar, then Upload from file.

These files are a copy of the calendar today. If the district changes a date, download the file again.

MCPSS vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 10 entries and 32 weekdays in all.

Remote school days

School happens at home on these days. They count as school days, and students learn from home.

• Monday, Sept. 28: Distance learning day
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: Distance learning day (Election Day)

MCPSS early release days

The calendar prints no early release or half days. Every school day on it is a full day.

Schools can still send their own early dismissal notices, so watch for those.

Calendar notes: what to plan around

Long weekends and breaks

Every stretch of three or more days with no school, counting weekends.

• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Sept. 5 to Monday, Sept. 7. Labor Day. Back Tuesday, Sept. 8.
• 4-day weekend: Saturday, Oct. 10 to Tuesday, Oct. 13. Teacher workday and professional development. Back Wednesday, Oct. 14.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Nov. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 29. Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 30.
• 17 days off in a row: Saturday, Dec. 19 to Monday, Jan. 4. Christmas break and teacher workday. Back Tuesday, Jan. 5.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Jan. 16 to Monday, Jan. 18. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Back Tuesday, Jan. 19.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Feb. 6 to Sunday, Feb. 14. Mardi Gras break. Back Monday, Feb. 15.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, March 20 to Monday, March 22. Teacher workday. Back Tuesday, March 23.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, March 27 to Sunday, April 4. Spring break. Back Monday, April 5.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

Seven weeks have fewer than five school days, and five weeks have none at all.

Teacher workdays: no school for students

Three of the days off are staff days. Teachers work; students stay home. Plan child care as you would for a holiday.

• Monday, Oct. 12 to Tuesday, Oct. 13: teacher workday and professional development
• Monday, Jan. 4: teacher workday
• Monday, March 22: teacher workday

Makeup days

The calendar names no weather makeup days. It prints "8-FLEX DAYS" in red under the June grid without dates or further explanation. If school closes for weather, the district announces how the day is made up.

Also worth knowing

• School is open on a federal holiday: Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day) (Monday, Feb. 15). Banks, post offices and many offices close; school does not.
• The calendar prints no parent-teacher conference days. Schools set their own.
• The calendar prints no testing windows.
• Remote school days: Monday, Sept. 28 and Tuesday, Nov. 3. It counts as a school day, but students learn at home. Plan for a child at home.
• After the last day, the calendar still shows teacher workdays (May 27) and Memorial Day (May 31). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. The last day is Wednesday, May 26, 2027.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Aug. 3 to 7.

The district prints 176 instructional days across the quarters. Our count of the calendar matches.

Grading periods

MCPSS grades in quarters. The calendar prints each quarter's first and last day and its school-day count.

What the district notes

• Sept. 28 and Nov. 3 (Election Day) are distance learning days: school days that count toward the year, taught virtually.
• The calendar prints 176 student days: 16 in August, 21 in September, 20 in October, 15 in November, 14 in December, 18 in January, 15 in February, 19 in March, 20 in April and 18 in May.
• The calendar also shows summer school days in June and July (peach) and lists the holidays for 12-month employees.

How we checked these dates

We read every date off the district's own calendar twice: once from the PDF's text and once from the image, cell by cell against its legend. Then we checked every date from Oct. 9 on; before that, Labor Day and the monthly student day counts against the MCPSS 2026-2027 School Calendar page and the MCPSS events calendar. The other dates rest on the district's calendar alone.

Every weekday on this page matches its date. The district's printed day counts match our own count of its calendar. If the district changes its calendar, its page is the final word.