Jefferson County Schools Calendar 2026-27

The JCS 2026-27 calendar

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

Add the JCS 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.

JCS vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 10 entries and 29 weekdays in all.

JCS 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.
• 3.5-day weekend: Friday, Oct. 9 at early dismissal to Monday, Oct. 12. Early dismissal, end of 1st quarter and professional learning day (no school). Back Tuesday, Oct. 13.
• 9 days off in a row: Saturday, Nov. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 29. Fall break (Thanksgiving week). Back Monday, Nov. 30.
• 17.5 days off in a row: Friday, Dec. 18 at early dismissal to Monday, Jan. 4. Early dismissal, end of 2nd quarter and semester and winter break. Back Tuesday, Jan. 5.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Jan. 16 to Monday, Jan. 18. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Back Tuesday, Jan. 19.
• 3.5-day weekend: Friday, Feb. 12 at early dismissal to Monday, Feb. 15. Early dismissal and professional learning day (no school). Back Tuesday, Feb. 16.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, March 12 to Sunday, March 14. Professional learning day (no school). Back Monday, March 15.
• 10 days off in a row: Friday, March 26 to Sunday, April 4. 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.

One early release on a Friday or Monday makes a 2.5-day weekend.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

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

• Monday, Oct. 12: professional learning day (no school)
• Monday, Feb. 15: professional learning day (no school)
• Friday, March 12: professional learning day (no school)

Makeup days

The calendar dates no makeup days. The first five inclement weather days do not have to be made up; instruction for the second five can take place through remote learning. If school closes for weather, the district announces how the day is made up.

Also worth knowing

• The family calendar lists no parent-teacher conference days.
• The family calendar prints no testing dates.
• After the last day, the calendar still shows Memorial Day (May 31). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. The last day is Thursday, May 27, 2027, with early dismissal.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Aug. 10 to 14.

Grading periods

The calendar marks the end of the 3rd quarter on Friday, March 12, a professional learning day with no school, so the last school day of the quarter is Thursday, March 11.

What the district notes

• West Virginia is changing how it measures the school year. This 2026-27 calendar runs under the current rule: at least 180 separate instructional days or an equivalent amount of instructional time (W. Va. Code §18-5-45). Senate Bill 890, signed April 1, 2026, rewrites that law so that from July 1, 2027, the school year is at least 900 instructional hours instead. That makes 2027-28 the first school year counted in hours, not days. Each county sets how long its school days are, and they may vary, to reach the 900 hours. What it means for you: the school days on this page are the district's plan for 2026-27. From 2027-28, a school year may have fewer or different school days than you are used to, because the law counts hours.
• Every 2-hour early dismissal is a Faculty Senate day: Oct. 9, Dec. 18, Feb. 12, April 30 and May 27, the last day.
• Students return from winter break on Tuesday, Jan. 5. Monday, Jan. 4 is a professional learning day with no school.
• Fall break is the whole week of Thanksgiving, Nov. 23-27.
• Jefferson High School and Washington High School hold graduation on Sunday, May 23.
• The state staff calendar counts 180 instructional days. That includes the five professional learning days (Aug. 14, Oct. 12, Jan. 4, Feb. 15 and March 12), which West Virginia lets districts count under its equivalent time option; students attend 175 days.
• A separate pre-K family calendar is posted on the district Calendar page.

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, line by line. Then we checked each one against the JCS 2026-27 staff calendar, the JCS Calendar page, West Virginia Code §18-5-45 (for the note on the state school-year law), the Senate Bill 890 bill status page (for the same note) and Senate Bill 890 of 2026 as passed (for the same note).

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