School District of Manatee County Calendar 2026-27

The SDMC 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the SDMC 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.

SDMC vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 11 entries and 29 weekdays in all.

SDMC early release days

Twelve early release days in all. Five are for every school. The other seven are for some schools only.

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. Record day (no school). Back Tuesday, Oct. 13.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Nov. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 29. Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 30.
• 18 days off in a row: Saturday, Dec. 19 to Tuesday, Jan. 5. Winter break and Record day and inservice (no school). Back Wednesday, Jan. 6.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Jan. 16 to Monday, Jan. 18. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Back Tuesday, Jan. 19.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Feb. 13 to Monday, Feb. 15. Presidents Day. Back Tuesday, Feb. 16.
• 10 days off in a row: Friday, March 12 to Sunday, March 21. Record day (no school) and spring break. Back Monday, March 22.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, March 26 to Sunday, March 28. Good Friday. Back Monday, March 29.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

Nine weeks have fewer than five school days, and four 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: Record day (no school)
• Monday, Jan. 4 to Tuesday, Jan. 5: Record day and inservice (no school)
• Friday, March 12: Record day (no school)

Makeup days

Hurricane makeup day (if needed), Monday, Nov. 23, Hurricane makeup day (if needed), Tuesday, Nov. 24, Hurricane makeup day (if needed), Monday, Dec. 21, Hurricane makeup day (if needed), Tuesday, Dec. 22 and Hurricane makeup day (if needed), Tuesday, Jan. 5.

Also worth knowing

• The calendar marks four religious and cultural observances on school days. School is open. The list is below.
• The calendar prints no parent-teacher conference days. Schools set their own.
• The calendar lists middle and high school exams in December and May with dates to be announced ("MS/HS Exams", TBD). Its grid shades Dec. 16 to 18 and May 25 and 26 in the exams color; check your school for the exam schedule.
• Some days off may change: Thanksgiving break, Nov. 23 to 27 (Nov. 23 and 24 are hurricane makeup days if needed, so they may become school days), winter break, Dec. 21 to Jan. 1 (Dec. 21 and 22 are hurricane makeup days if needed, so they may become school days) and Record day and inservice (no school), Jan. 4 to 5 (Jan. 5 is a hurricane makeup day if needed, so it may become a school day).
• After the last day, the calendar still shows Record day (no students) (May 28) 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 Thursday, May 27, 2027, with early dismissal.

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

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

Grading periods

SDMC prints four quarters (44, 43, 45 and 48 days) and two semesters (87 and 93 days), 180 school days in all.

Religious and cultural observances

The calendar marks these religious and cultural observances. School is open on each.

What the district notes

• Five days off are hurricane makeup days if needed: Nov. 23 and 24 (Thanksgiving week), Dec. 21 and 22 (winter break) and Jan. 5. If storms close schools, the district may turn these into school days.
• Early release times differ by school level. On all-school early releases, elementary and K-8 schools leave at 1:50 p.m., middle schools at 2:40 p.m. and high schools at 1 p.m. On elementary early release days, elementary and K-8 schools leave at 1 p.m.
• Oct. 5 to 9 and Feb. 8 to 12 are state survey weeks, when the district counts enrollment. School is open.

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 SDMC Printable Academic Calendars page, the district's accessible text version of the calendar, the Spanish edition of the calendar and the SDMC district events 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.