- December 9, 2025
Flagler Schools' district staff presented the School Board with the proposed 2026-2027 instructional calendar at the board’s Dec. 9 agenda workshop.
The board is expected to approve the calendar at its business meeting on Dec. 16. The calendar committee met on Nov. 19. The committee includes two members each of the teacher and support staff unions, four district staffers and two parents of students.
The proposed calendar has the first day of school for students on Aug. 10, 2026, which is the earliest day school can start according to Florida statute. A week-long Thanksgiving break is scheduled from Nov. 23-27. The two-week winter break runs from Monday, Dec. 21, to Friday, Jan. 1, 2027, with students also off on Monday, Jan. 4, a teacher workday, and Tuesday, Jan. 5, a professional learning day. Students return on Jan. 6.
Spring break week is scheduled for March 15-19. The last day of school for students is Thursday, May 27.
The first quarter lasts 43 days and ends on Oct. 9. The second quarter is 42 days long and ends on Dec. 18, the last day of school before winter break. The third quarter is 45 days long and ends on March 11. Students are off on Friday, March 12, before spring break, as it is a designated teacher workday. The fourth quarter is 49 days long with the last day May 27.
Eight hurricane make-up days are built into the calendar starting with a teacher workday on Oct. 12. The other hurricane days would come out of Thanksgiving break on Monday-Tuesday, Nov. 23-24; winter break on Dec. 21-22 and the teacher workday and professional learning day on Jan. 4-5; and the March 12 teacher workday.
The last two days of school for students, May 26-27, are early release days.
Holidays include Labor Day on Sept. 7, Veterans Day on Nov. 11, Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 18 and Presidents Day on Feb. 15.
Superintendent LaShakia Moore said parents can comment on the calendar on the Flagler Schools website at flaglerschools.com/connect-with-us/website-feedback or by emailing Moore or a School Board member.
