Read from the district on October 8, 2026
Central Lee Community school calendar, 2026–2027
Key dates for 2026–2027: first day of school August 24; Thanksgiving break November 25–29; winter break and one more day off December 23 to January 4; spring break March 22–28; last day of school May 26.
Next time off
Oct 26
Teacher work day, no students · October 26
As of October 8, 2026, the day this calendar was read
School days off this year
23
across 9 separate closures
Last day of school
May 26
Wednesday
First day of school August 24; Thanksgiving break November 25–29; Winter break + 1 more day off December 23 to January 4; Spring break March 22–28; Last day of school May 26;
Key dates and the month grids, on one or two sheets
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Month by month
Days off: school breaks, holidays and staff days. Not days off: early releases and term milestones.
August 2026
SMTWTFS
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
- 11New Staff Orientation
- 12New Staff Orientation
- 18Pre-School Orientation
- 19Freshmen Orientation
- 20Staff day
- 24First day
September 2026
SMTWTFS
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
1
2
3
- 7Labor Day
- 25Early release
October 2026
SMTWTFS
27
28
29
30
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
- 23End of quarter
- 26Staff day
November 2026
SMTWTFS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
1
2
3
4
5
- 3Conferences
- 5Conferences
- 6No school
- 24Early release
- 25–29Thanksgiving break
December 2026
SMTWTFS
29
30
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
- 22Early release
- 23 onWinter break
January 2027
SMTWTFS
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
- to 1Winter break
- 4Staff day
- 8Semester ends
- 11Staff day
February 2027
SMTWTFS
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
1
2
3
4
5
6
- 12Early release
- 15Presidents Day
March 2027
SMTWTFS
28
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
- 10Testing
- 16Conferences
- 18Conferences
- 19End of quarter
- 22–28Spring break
April 2027
SMTWTFS
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
1
- 16Early release
- 19Staff day
May 2027
SMTWTFS
25
26
27
28
29
30
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
4
5
- 14Early release
- 23Graduation
- 26Last day
- 27Staff day
School break
Holiday, no school
Staff day, no students
Early release
Term milestone
Key dates
| What | Dates | School days | Back to school | Same dates in Iowa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First day of school | August 24 | — | — | 17 of 21 · Iowa first day of school 2026, by district |
| Thanksgiving break | November 25–29 | 3 | Monday, November 30 | 2 of 28 · Iowa Thanksgiving break 2026, by district |
| Winter break + 1 more day off | December 23 to January 4 | 9 | Tuesday, January 5 | 9 of 28 · Iowa winter break 2026–27, by district |
| Spring break | March 22–28 | 5 | Monday, March 29 | 1 of 29 · Iowa spring break 2027, by district |
| Last day of school | May 26 | — | — | 6 of 20 · Iowa last day of school 2027, by district |
- Longest closure
- Winter break + 1 more day off, December 23 to January 4 (9 school days)
- One-day closures
- 6
- Closures starting Tuesday to Thursday
- 2
- Staff days, no students
- 4: Oct 26, Jan 4, Jan 11, Apr 19
- Early-release days
- 6: Sep 25, Nov 24, Dec 22, Feb 12, Apr 16, May 14
- Most days off in one month
- December, 7 school days
- Months with no day off
- August and May
- Longest run of school days
- 34, September 8 to October 23
Every date
| Date | What it is | Time off | District’s own wording |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 11 | New Staff Orientation | — | New Staff Orientation |
| August 12 | New Staff Orientation | — | New Staff Orientation |
| August 18 | Pre-School Orientation | — | Pre-School Orientation |
| August 18 | Teacher work day, no students | — | Teacher Inservice |
| August 19 | Freshmen Orientation | — | Freshmen Orientation |
| August 19 | Teacher work day, no students | — | Teacher Inservice |
| August 20 | Teacher work day, no students | — | Teacher Inservice |
| August 24 | First day of school | — | First Day of School |
| September 7 | Labor Day | 1 school day | Labor Day (No School) |
| September 25 | Early release | — | Early Dismissal |
| October 23 | End of quarter | — | Early Dismissal (End of Quarter 1) |
| October 26 | Teacher work day, no students | 1 school day | Teacher Inservice (No School) |
| November 3 | Parent-teacher conferences | — | Parent-Teacher Conferences |
| November 5 | Parent-teacher conferences | — | Parent-Teacher Conferences |
| November 6 | No school | 1 school day | Teacher Comp Day (No School) |
| November 24 | Early release | — | Early Dismissal |
| November 25–29 | Thanksgiving break | 3 school days | Thanksgiving Break |
| December 22 | Early release | — | Early Dismissal |
| December 23 to January 1 | Winter break | 8 school days | Winter Break (No School) |
| January 4 | Teacher work day, no students | 1 school day | Teacher Inservice (No School) |
| January 8 | End of semester | — | End of First Semester |
| January 11 | Teacher work day, no students | 1 school day | Teacher Workday (No School) |
| February 12 | Early release | — | Early Dismissal |
| February 15 | Presidents Day | 1 school day | President's Day (No School) |
| March 10 | Testing | — | ACT Testing Day |
| March 16 | Parent-teacher conferences | — | Parent-Teacher Conferences |
| March 18 | Parent-teacher conferences | — | Parent-Teacher Conferences |
| March 19 | End of quarter | — | Early Dismissal (End of Quarter 3) |
| March 22–28 | Spring break | 5 school days | Spring Break (No School) |
| April 16 | Early release | — | Early Dismissal |
| April 19 | Teacher work day, no students | 1 school day | Teacher Inservice (No School) |
| May 14 | Early release | — | Early Dismissal |
| May 23 | Graduation | — | Graduation Day |
| May 26 | Last day of school | — | Last Day of School |
| May 27 | Teacher work day, no students | — | Teacher Inservice |
Sources
- District’s calendar: https://www.centrallee.org/events (the source)
- District website: https://www.centrallee.org
- Calendar feed read on October 8, 2026:
https://thrillshare-cmsv2.services.thrillshare.com/api/v4/o/6309/cms/events
How these dates are read and labeled: Methodology.