Fresno Unified School District Calendar 2026-27

The Fresno Unified 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the Fresno Unified calendar to your phone

Pick a file. Each one is an all-day event per day off or half day, 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.

Fresno Unified vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 11 entries and 34 weekdays in all.

Fresno Unified early release days

28 early release days in all.

Where the time varies by school, your school sends its own dismissal time.

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.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Oct. 10 to Monday, Oct. 12. Buyback day. Back Tuesday, Oct. 13.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Nov. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 29. Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 30.
• 23 days off in a row: Saturday, Dec. 19 to Sunday, Jan. 10. Winter break. Back Monday, Jan. 11.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Jan. 16 to Monday, Jan. 18. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Back Tuesday, Jan. 19.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Feb. 6 to Monday, Feb. 8. Lincoln's Birthday (observed). Back Tuesday, Feb. 9.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Feb. 13 to Monday, Feb. 15. Presidents' Day. Back Tuesday, Feb. 16.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, March 6 to Monday, March 8. Buyback day. Back Tuesday, March 9.
• 10 days off in a row: Saturday, March 20 to Monday, March 29. Spring break. Back Tuesday, March 30.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, May 29 to Monday, May 31. Memorial Day. Back Tuesday, June 1.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

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

Teacher workdays: no school for students

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

• Monday, Oct. 12: Buyback day
• Monday, March 8: Buyback day

Makeup days

The calendar names no makeup days. It notes that any deviation from the calendar requires board approval. If school closes for weather, the district announces how the day is made up.

Also worth knowing

• After the last day, the calendar still shows Juneteenth (observed) (June 18) and Independence Day (observed) (July 5). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. The last day is Thursday, June 10, 2027.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Aug. 12 to 14.

The district prints 180 instructional days across the quarters. Our count of the calendar matches.

Grading periods

Fresno Unified uses four reporting periods for elementary and secondary schools; the first two make up the fall semester (82 days) and the last two the spring semester (98 days). Report cards go home Oct. 19 to 23, Jan. 11 to 15, March 30 to April 2 and June 10, with progress notices Sept. 14 to 18, Nov. 9 to 13, Feb. 16 to 19 and May 3 to 7.

What the district notes

• Most Tuesdays are early release days, 28 in all, but not every Tuesday: there are none in the weeks of Sept. 8 and Oct. 13, for example. Dismissal times vary by school; check your school's website for its bell schedule.
• Institute days (Aug. 13 and 14) and buyback days (Aug. 12, Oct. 12 and March 8) are professional development days for staff. Students do not attend.

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 each one against the district's accessible text version of the calendar, the Fresno Unified calendar page and the district's Academic Calendar feed.

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.