Dripping Springs Independent School District Calendar 2026-27

The DSISD 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the DSISD 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.

DSISD vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 13 entries and 31 weekdays in all.

DSISD 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.
• 4-day weekend: Friday, Oct. 9 to Monday, Oct. 12. Student holiday (staff PD) and District holiday. Back Tuesday, Oct. 13.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, Oct. 30 to Sunday, Nov. 1. Student holiday (staff PD). Back Monday, Nov. 2.
• 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. Early release before winter break, winter break and student holidays (staff PD). Back Wednesday, Jan. 6.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Jan. 16 to Monday, Jan. 18. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Back Tuesday, Jan. 19.
• 4-day weekend: Friday, Feb. 12 to Monday, Feb. 15. Student holiday (staff PD) and Presidents Day. Back Tuesday, Feb. 16.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, March 13 to Sunday, March 21. Spring break. Back Monday, March 22.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, March 26 to Sunday, March 28. Student holiday / weather make-up day. Back Monday, March 29.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, April 23 to Sunday, April 25. District holiday / weather make-up day. Back Monday, April 26.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

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

Teacher workdays: no school for students

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

• Friday, Oct. 9: student holiday (staff PD)
• Friday, Oct. 30: student holiday (staff PD)
• Monday, Jan. 4 to Tuesday, Jan. 5: student holidays (staff PD)
• Friday, Feb. 12: student holiday (staff PD)

Makeup days

Weather make-up day, Friday, March 26 (a student holiday unless needed to make up a weather closure) and Weather make-up day, Friday, April 23 (a district holiday unless needed to make up a weather closure).

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 academic calendar lists no parent-teacher conference days. Schools set their own.
• The academic calendar lists no testing dates.
• Some days off may change: student holiday / weather make-up day, March 26 (Becomes a school day if needed to make up a weather closure) and District holiday / weather make-up day, April 23 (Becomes a school day if needed to make up a weather closure).
• After the last day, the calendar still shows staff workdays after school ends (May 24) and Memorial Day (May 31). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. The last day is Friday, May 21, 2027, with early dismissal.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Aug. 3 to 11.

Grading periods

What the district notes

• School hours: elementary 7:40 a.m. to 3:05 p.m.; middle and high school 8:50 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. On early release days, elementary ends at 12:05 p.m. and middle and high school at 1:15 p.m.
• High schools also follow an A/B day calendar, posted on the district's Academic Calendar page as the 2026-27 High School A/B Calendar.

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.

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