We are excited to share that the Board of Trustees has approved the 2026-2027 Academic Calendar!  Following months of hard work by our DEIC, staff surveys, family surveys, and finally a staff & family vote for the final two calendar options, the Board was presented with Calendar A for approval.  

To view a printable calendar, visit our calendar page.

Important points to note:

• The first day of school is August 12. The last day of school is May 27.
• This calendar is a hybrid calendar.  Students will not begin having Mondays off until March, with the exception of the holidays which fall on Monday.
• The number of student days has increased from 158 to 165.  This gave us more flexibility and allowed for shorter instruction days (see new start/end times below).
• The instructional day has been shortened by 25 minutes. A slight adjustment was made to each campus start and end time.
• Due to less minutes of instruction each day, there are zero banked days/minutes in this calendar.  This means that if school has to close for any reason, those days/minutes will have to be made up on an alternate day. 
• There are no longer any student intervention days on the calendar.
• Spring Break is the third week in March, to reflect the academic calendar set by NCTC. This was a recent change made by NCTC and differs from the calendars sent out to vote on previously.
• Teachers will have a Friday workday at the end of every grading period. This results in students having four Fridays off, in addition to the Friday holidays.

New Start/End Times
Head Start 7:25 A.M. - 3:05 P.M.
Edison Elementary 7:35 A.M. - 3:15 P.M.
Chalmers Elementary 7:45 A.M. - 3:25 P.M.
Gainesville Intermediate 7:55 A.M. - 3:35 P.M.
Gainesville Junior High 8:05 A.M. - 3:45 P.M.
Gainesville High School 8:15 A.M. - 3:55 P.M.