Laurel County Public Schools Calendar 2026-27

The LCPS 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the LCPS 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.

LCPS vacations and holidays, 2026-27

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

LCPS early release days

The school calendar lists no early release 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. 5 to Monday, Sept. 7. Labor Day. Back Tuesday, Sept. 8.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, Sept. 25 to Sunday, Sept. 27. Flex PD day (no school). Back Monday, Sept. 28.
• 5-day weekend: Wednesday, Oct. 7 to Sunday, Oct. 11. Fall break (parent-teacher conferences Oct. 7). Back Monday, Oct. 12.
• 5-day weekend: Wednesday, Nov. 25 to Sunday, Nov. 29. Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 30.
• 17 days off in a row: Saturday, Dec. 19 to Monday, Jan. 4. Winter break and Planning day (no school). Back Tuesday, Jan. 5.
• 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 (flex PD, possible make-up day). Back Tuesday, Feb. 16.
• 10 days off in a row: Saturday, March 27 to Monday, April 5. Spring break and Planning day (no school). Back Tuesday, April 6.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

Ten weeks have fewer than five school days, and three 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.

• Friday, Sept. 25: Flex PD day (no school)
• Monday, Jan. 4: Planning day (no school)
• Monday, April 5: Planning day (no school)

Makeup days

Possible make-up day, Monday, Feb. 15 (Presidents Day, no school unless needed), Possible make-up day, Monday, March 29 (spring break, no school unless needed), Possible make-up day, Tuesday, March 30 (spring break, no school unless needed), Possible make-up day, Wednesday, March 31 (spring break, no school unless needed), Possible make-up day, Monday, May 17 (a school day only if needed), Possible make-up day, Wednesday, May 19 (a school day only if needed), Possible make-up day, Thursday, May 20 (a school day only if needed), Possible make-up day, Friday, May 21 (a school day only if needed) and Possible make-up day, Monday, May 24 (a school day only if needed).

Also worth knowing

• School is open on some federal holidays: Columbus Day (Monday, Oct. 12) and Veterans Day (Wednesday, Nov. 11). Banks, post offices and many offices close; school does not.
• The school calendar lists no testing dates.
• Some days off may change: Presidents Day (flex PD, possible make-up day), Feb. 15 (Possible make-up day: becomes a school day if needed to make up a cancellation) and spring break, March 29 to April 2 (March 29-31 are possible make-up days: they become school days if needed to make up cancellations).
• The last day can move. May 14, unless make-up days are needed; the possible make-up days are Feb. 15, March 29-31 and May 17, 19, 20, 21 and 24. The planned last day is Friday, May 14; it can fall from Friday, May 14 to Monday, May 24.
• After the last day, the calendar still shows Primary Election Day (no school) (May 18) and Memorial Day (May 31). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. The last day is Friday, May 14, 2027, as planned. It can fall anywhere from Friday, May 14 to Monday, May 24: May 14, unless make-up days are needed; the possible make-up days are Feb. 15, March 29-31 and May 17, 19, 20, 21 and 24.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Aug. 3 to 5.

Grading periods

The district says grading periods are subject to change due to school cancellations.

What the district notes

• Laurel County lists nine possible make-up days: Feb. 15 (Presidents Day), March 29-31 (the first three days of spring break) and May 17, 19, 20, 21 and 24. If school is canceled, some of these become school days and the last day can move from May 14 to as late as May 24.
• May 18, the primary election, is a no-school day even if make-up days run past May 14.
• School days are 375 instructional minutes; the calendar counts 174 instructional days.

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 our count of every school day against the day counts the district prints. They match.

Every weekday on this page matches its date. If the district changes its calendar, its page is the final word.