Valdosta City Schools Calendar 2026-27

The VCS 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the VCS 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.

VCS vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: eight entries and 30 weekdays in all.

Remote school days

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

• Friday, Sept. 25: Asynchronous learning day (students learn from home)
• Friday, March 19: Asynchronous learning day (students learn from home)

VCS early release days

Two early release days in all.

Calendar notes: what to plan around

Long weekends and breaks

Every stretch of three or more days with no school, counting weekends. A half day next to a weekend adds half a day.

• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Sept. 5 to Monday, Sept. 7. Labor Day. Back Tuesday, Sept. 8.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Oct. 10 to Sunday, Oct. 18. Fall break. Back Monday, Oct. 19.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Nov. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 29. Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 30.
• 18.5 days off in a row: Friday, Dec. 18 at early dismissal to Tuesday, Jan. 5. End of first semester early release, winter break and teacher in-service days (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. February winter break day. Back Tuesday, Feb. 16.
• 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

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

Teacher workdays: no school for students

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

• Monday, Jan. 4 to Tuesday, Jan. 5: teacher in-service days (no school)

Makeup days

The district calendar names no makeup days. It says school holidays may change to make up for unexpected school closures. 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 (Wednesday, Nov. 11). Banks, post offices and many offices close; school does not.
• The district calendar prints no testing dates.
• Remote school days: Friday, Sept. 25 and Friday, March 19. 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 Postplanning days for teachers (May 24), Memorial Day (May 31) and Juneteenth (June 18). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. The last day is Friday, May 21, 2027, with early dismissal.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run July 27 to 31.

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

Grading periods

Grading periods

Semesters

What the district notes

• Sept. 25 and March 19 are asynchronous learning days: students work from home while parent-teacher conferences take place, and both count as school days in the printed semester totals.
• Report cards go home Oct. 9, Jan. 13, March 22 and May 21. Interim reports go home Sept. 10, Nov. 19, Feb. 17 and April 28.
• Class of 2027 graduation is Friday, May 21, the last day of school.
• The district says school holidays are subject to change to make up for unexpected or unplanned school closures.

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 Spanish edition of the calendar and the Valdosta City Schools Academic Calendars 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.