Fulton County Schools Calendar 2027-28

The FCS 2027-28 calendar

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

Add the FCS 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.

FCS vacations and holidays, 2027-28

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

FCS early release days

The 2027-28 FCS 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. 4 to Monday, Sept. 6. Labor Day. Back Tuesday, Sept. 7.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Sept. 25 to Sunday, Oct. 3. Fall break. Back Monday, Oct. 4.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Oct. 9 to Monday, Oct. 11. Students off. 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 Students off. Back Tuesday, Jan. 4.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Jan. 15 to Monday, Jan. 17. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Back Tuesday, Jan. 18.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Feb. 19 to Sunday, Feb. 27. February break. Back Monday, Feb. 28.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, April 1 to Sunday, April 9. Spring break. Back Monday, April 10.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

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

Makeup days

The calendar names no weather makeup days. If school closes for weather, the district announces how the day is made up.

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.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Monday, Aug. 2, 2027. The last day is Thursday, May 25, 2028.

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

Grading periods

Semesters

Nine-week periods

What the district notes

• The approved calendar has 180 instructional days for students: 88 in the first semester and 92 in the second.
• Every statewide election day is a remote learning day for students unless the calendar says otherwise. The 2027-28 calendar marks no remote day.
• Fall break runs Monday, Sept. 27 to Friday, Oct. 1, and Oct. 11 and Jan. 3 are also student days off ("Students Off").
• Staff report on their own employee work calendars, posted on the same district calendar page.

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 FCS district calendar page and the calendar image on the district's calendar page.

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.