Lenoir 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 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.

LCPS vacations and holidays, 2026-27

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

LCPS early release days

Five 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.
• 2.5-day weekend: Friday, Sept. 25 at early dismissal to Sunday, Sept. 27. Early dismissal. Back Monday, Sept. 28.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, Oct. 23 to Sunday, Oct. 25. Teacher workday. Back Monday, Oct. 26.
• 5-day weekend: Wednesday, Nov. 25 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. Early dismissal before winter break and winter break. 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. Teacher workday. Back Tuesday, Feb. 16.
• 11.5 days off in a row: Wednesday, March 24 at early dismissal to Sunday, April 4. Early dismissal, end of 3rd grading period and spring break. Back Monday, April 5.
• 2.5-day weekend: Friday, April 30 at early dismissal to Sunday, May 2. Early dismissal. Back Monday, May 3.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, May 29 to Monday, May 31. Memorial Day. Back Tuesday, June 1.

Two early releases on a Friday or Monday make a 2.5-day weekend.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

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

Teacher workdays: no school for students

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

• Friday, Oct. 23: teacher workday
• Monday, Feb. 15: teacher workday

Makeup days

The calendar names no 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: Columbus Day (Monday, Oct. 12). Banks, post offices and many offices close; school does not.
• The calendar lists no parent-teacher conference days. Schools set their own.
• The calendar lists no testing dates.
• After the last day, the calendar still shows teacher workdays (June 3). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. The last day is Wednesday, June 2, 2027, with early dismissal.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Aug. 11 to 21.

Grading periods

LCPS grades in nine-week periods. The calendar gives Oct. 23 and Dec. 22 as the ends of the first two periods; those are days without students, so the last school day of each is Oct. 22 and Dec. 18. Progress reports go home Sept. 21, Nov. 16, Feb. 16 and May 3.

What the district notes

• Early dismissal days end at 12 p.m. for elementary schools and 12:30 p.m. for middle and high schools.
• Students are out for winter break from Monday, Dec. 21 through Tuesday, Jan. 5, and return Wednesday, Jan. 6. Dec. 21-22 are non-instructional days and Jan. 4-5 are teacher workdays.
• Spring break runs from Thursday, March 25 (a teacher workday) through Friday, April 2. Wednesday, March 24, the day before, is an early dismissal day.
• High school graduation is Saturday, June 5.
• This page covers the traditional calendar. The district posts a separate 2026-27 calendar for its early college.

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 the days off and early dismissals from Oct. 23 to Dec. 23 against the LCPS Calendars page and the LCPS district events calendar. The other dates rest on the district's calendar alone.

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