Pinellas County Schools Calendar 2027-28

The PCS 2027-28 calendar

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

Add the PCS 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.

PCS vacations and holidays, 2027-28

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 11 entries and 28 weekdays in all.

PCS early release days

One early release day in all.

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. 4 to Monday, Sept. 6. Labor Day. Back Tuesday, Sept. 7.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Oct. 9 to Monday, Oct. 11. Non-student day. Back Tuesday, Oct. 12.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Nov. 20 to Sunday, Nov. 28. Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 29.
• 17 days off in a row: Saturday, Dec. 18 to Monday, Jan. 3. Winter break and Non-student day. Back Tuesday, Jan. 4.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Jan. 15 to Monday, Jan. 17. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Back Tuesday, Jan. 18.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Feb. 19 to Monday, Feb. 21. Presidents Day (non-student day). Back Tuesday, Feb. 22.
• 10 days off in a row: Saturday, March 11 to Monday, March 20. Spring break and Non-student day. Back Tuesday, March 21.
• 4-day weekend: Friday, April 14 to Monday, April 17. Holiday and Non-student day. Back Tuesday, April 18.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

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

Teacher workdays: no school for students

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

• Monday, Oct. 11: Non-student day
• Monday, Jan. 3: Non-student day
• Monday, Feb. 21: Presidents Day (non-student day)
• Monday, March 20: Non-student day
• Monday, April 17: Non-student day

Makeup days

Possible hurricane makeup day, Monday, Oct. 11, Possible hurricane makeup day, Monday, Jan. 3, Possible hurricane makeup day, Monday, Feb. 21, Possible hurricane makeup day, Monday, March 20 and Possible hurricane makeup day, Monday, April 17.

Also worth knowing

• School is open on a federal holiday: Veterans Day (Thursday, Nov. 11). Banks, post offices and many offices close; school does not.
• The calendar prints no parent-teacher conference days.
• The calendar prints no testing windows.
• Some days off may change: Non-student day, Oct. 11 (Potential hurricane makeup day: may become a school day if the district needs to make up hurricane days), Non-student day, Jan. 3 (Potential hurricane makeup day: may become a school day if the district needs to make up hurricane days), Presidents Day (non-student day), Feb. 21 (Potential hurricane makeup day: may become a school day if the district needs to make up hurricane days), Non-student day, March 20 (Potential hurricane makeup day: may become a school day if the district needs to make up hurricane days) and Non-student day, April 17 (Potential hurricane makeup day: may become a school day if the district needs to make up hurricane days).
• After the last day, the calendar still shows teacher last day (May 26) and Memorial Day (May 29). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2027. The last day is Thursday, May 25, 2028, with early dismissal.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Aug. 2 to 9.

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

Grading periods

Pinellas grades in four quarters. The calendar prints each quarter's day count: 87 days in the first semester and 93 in the second.

What the district notes

• Five days off are potential hurricane makeup days: Oct. 11, Jan. 3, Feb. 21, March 20 and April 17. The calendar does not say in which order they would be used.
• Pinellas also posts a School Board approved list of special observance days (religious and cultural holidays when schools stay open) with the calendar.

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 PCS 2027-2028 Calendars page and the narrative of the 2027-28 Instructional Calendar.

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.