Garland Independent School District Calendar 2026-27

The GISD 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the GISD 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.

GISD vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 13 entries and 34 weekdays in all.

GISD 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.
• 10 days off in a row: Saturday, Oct. 10 to Monday, Oct. 19. Fall break and staff development day (student holiday). Back Tuesday, Oct. 20.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Nov. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 29. Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 30.
• 17.5 days off in a row: Friday, Dec. 18 at early dismissal to Monday, Jan. 4. End of 2nd grading period early release, winter break and staff development day (student holiday). Back Tuesday, Jan. 5.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Jan. 16 to Monday, Jan. 18. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Back Tuesday, Jan. 19.
• 4-day weekend: Saturday, Feb. 13 to Tuesday, Feb. 16. Student and staff holiday (Presidents Day) and staff development day (student holiday). Back Wednesday, Feb. 17.
• 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 and staff holiday. Back Monday, March 29.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, April 16 to Sunday, April 18. Student and staff holiday. Back Monday, April 19.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

Nine weeks have fewer than five school days, and five 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.

• Monday, Oct. 19: staff development day (student holiday)
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: staff development day (student holiday)
• Monday, Jan. 4: staff development day (student holiday)
• Tuesday, Feb. 16: staff development day (student holiday)

Makeup days

The calendar names no makeup days. It is marked subject to change. 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 Garland ISD calendar prints no parent-teacher conference days. Schools set their own.
• The academic calendar prints no testing dates; the district's Testing Calendar page lists testing by school level.
• After the last day, the calendar still shows staff development day (last teacher workday) (May 28), Memorial Day (May 31) and Juneteenth (observed) (June 17). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. The last day is Thursday, May 27, 2027, with early dismissal.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run July 30 to Aug. 7.

The district prints 175 instructional days across the quarters. Our count of the calendar matches.

Grading periods

First semester: 82 days. Second semester: 93 days.

What the district notes

• School hours: full-day pre-K and elementary 8:10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., middle school 8:50 a.m. to 4:10 p.m., high school 7:30 a.m. to 2:52 p.m. On early dismissal days, pre-K and elementary leave at 1:25 p.m., middle school at 2:05 p.m. and high school at 12:40 p.m.
• The calendar counts 175 instructional days: 82 in the first semester and 93 in the second.
• The calendar is marked "Updated: 12/03/25; subject to change."

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 Garland ISD School Year Calendar page and the Spanish edition of the calendar.

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.