{"id":340432,"date":"2026-07-15T02:27:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/340432\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T02:27:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:27:37","slug":"back-to-school-in-tampa-bay-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/340432\/","title":{"rendered":"Back-to-School in Tampa Bay: What you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

TAMPA, Fla. \u2014\u00a0Summer is coming to an end soon, and Bay area students will return to the classrooms.<\/p>\n

Take a look at the 2026-27 calendar for each school district, including holidays, early release days and severe weather makeup days.<\/p>\n

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First Day: August 10 | Last Day: May 27<\/p>\n

Holidays (students off) include:
\nLabor Day (Sept. 7)
\nVeterans Day (Nov. 11)
\nThanksgiving Break (Nov. 23 – 27)
\nWinter Break (Dec. 21 – Jan. 6)
\nMartin Luther King Day (Jan. 18)
\nPresidents Day (Feb. 15)
\nSpring Break (March 22 – 29)
\nTeacher Work Day (April 16)<\/p>\n

Severe Weather Makeup Days:
\nSept. 23
\nOct. 16
\nOct. 28
\nNov. 18
\nNov. 23 – 25
\nDec. 21 – 22\u00a0<\/p>\n

Early Dismissal Days include:
\nSept. 23
\nOct. 16
\nOct. 28
\nNov. 18
\nFeb. 24
\nMarch 17
\nApril 21<\/p>\n

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First Day: August 11 | Last Day: May 28<\/p>\n

Holidays (students off) include:
\nLabor Day (Sept. 7)
\nProfessional Day (Oct. 12)
\nDistrict In-Service (Oct. 30)
\nVeterans Day (Nov. 11)
\nThanksgiving Break (Nov. 23 – 27)
\nWinter Break (Dec. 21 – Jan. Jan. 4)
\nMartin Luther King Day (Jan. 18)
\nPresidents Day (Feb. 15)
\nSpring Break (March 15 – 22)
\nLong weekend (March 26)<\/p>\n

Severe Weather Make-Up Days include:
\nNov. 23
\nNov. 24
\nMarch 15
\nMarch 16<\/p>\n

Early Dismissal Days include:
\nAug. 28
\nSept. 25
\nDec. 16 – 18
\nJan. 29
\nFeb. 26
\nMay 26 – 28<\/p>\n

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First Day: August 10 | Last Day: May 28<\/p>\n

Holidays (students off) include:
\nLabor Day (Sept. 7)
\nNon-Student Day (Oct. 12)
\nVeterans Day (Nov. 11)
\nThanksgiving Break (Nov. 23 – 27)
\nWinter Break (Dec. 21 – Jan. 4)
\nMartin Luther King Day (Jan. 18)
\nFlorida State Fair\/Non-Student Day (Feb. 12)
\nPresidents Day (Feb. 15)
\nStrawberry Festival Day\/Non-Student Day (March 8)
\nSpring Break (March 22 – March 29)
\nNon-Student Day (April 16)<\/p>\n

Severe Weather Make-Up Days include:
\nOct. 12
\nNov. 11
\nNov. 23 – 25
\nJan. 4<\/p>\n

Student Early Dismissal Day schedule has not been finalized. The last day of school is a 2.5-hour early release.<\/p>\n

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First Day: August 10 | Last Day: May 27<\/p>\n

Holidays (students off) include:
\nLabor Day (Sept. 7)
\nTeacher Work Day (Oct. 12)
\nVeterans Day (Nov. 11)
\nThanksgiving Break (Nov. 23 – 27)
\nWinter Break (Dec. 21 – Jan. 5)
\nMartin Luther King Day (Jan. 18)
\nPresidents Day (Feb. 15)
\nTeacher Work Day (March 12)
\nSpring Break (March 15 – 19)
\nNon-Student Day (March 26)<\/p>\n

Severe Weather Make-Up Days include:
\nNov. 23 – 24
\nDec. 21 – 22
\nJan. 5\u00a0<\/p>\n

Early Dismissal Days include:
\nSept. 25 (Elementary)
\nOct. 2 (Elementary)
\nOct. 28 (All schools)
\nDec. 16 – 18 (High School)
\nFeb. 10 (All schools)
\nFeb. 26 (Elementary)
\nMarch 11 (Elementary)
\nMay 25 – 27 (All schools)<\/p>\n

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First Day: August 13 | Last Day: May 28<\/p>\n

Holidays (students off) include:
\nLabor Day (Sept. 7)
\nTeacher Planning Day (Oct. 12)
\nThanksgiving Break (Nov. 23 – 27)
\nWinter Break (Dec. 21 – Jan. 4)
\nMartin Luther King Day (Jan. 18)
\nNon-Student Day (Feb. 12)
\nPresidents Day (Feb. 15)
\nSpring Break – March 22 – 29)
\nNon-Student Day (April 16)<\/p>\n

Severe Weather Makeup Days:
\nFeb. 12
\nApril 16<\/p>\n

Early Dismissal Days include:
\nOct. 28
\nJan. 27
\nFeb. 24<\/p>\n

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First Day: August 11 | Last Day: May 27<\/p>\n

Holidays (students off) include:\u00a0
\nLabor Day (Sept. 7)
\nNon-Student Day (Oct. 12)
\nVeterans Day (Nov. 11)
\nThanksgiving Break (Nov. 21 – 29)
\nWinter Break (Dec. 19- Jan. 4)
\nMartin Luther King Day (Jan. 18)
\nPresidents Day (Feb. 15)
\nSpring Break (March 13 – 21)
\nNon-Student Day (March 26)
\nNon-Student Day (April 23)<\/p>\n

Severe Weather Makeup Days include:
\nOct. 12
\nNov. 11
\nJan. 4
\nFeb. 15
\nMarch 26
\nApril 23<\/p>\n

Early Dismissal Days:
\nStudents will be released two hours early on May 27<\/p>\n

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First Day: August 11 | Last Day: May 27<\/p>\n

Holidays (students off) include:
\nLabor Day (Sept. 7)
\nTeacher Work Day (Oct. 16)
\nVeterans Day (Nov. 11)
\nThanksgiving Break (Nov. 23 – 27)
\nWinter Break (Dec. 21 – Jan. 5)
\nMartin Luther King Day (Jan. 18)
\nPresidents Day (Feb. 15)
\nSpring Break (March 15 – 19)
\nNon-Student Day (March 26)<\/p>\n

Severe Weather Makeup Days include:
\nNov. 23 – 24
\nJan. 5
\nMay 27<\/p>\n

Early Dismissal Days include:
\nSept. 4
\nOct. 2
\nOct. 30
\nNov. 20
\nDec. 18
\nJan. 15
\nFeb. 12
\nMarch 12
\nApril 23
\nMay 27<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014\u00a0Summer is coming to an end soon, and Bay area students will return to the classrooms.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[137530,4996,9995,274,54547,7083,113,28,7086,276,2200,7088,115,1338,596,1911,275,135,137,136,278],"class_list":["post-340432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-app-back-to-school","tag-app-education","tag-app-latest-education-stories","tag-app-top-stories","tag-back-to-school","tag-citrus-county","tag-education","tag-florida","tag-hernando-county","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-instagram-bn9","tag-manatee-county","tag-news","tag-pasco-county","tag-pinellas-county","tag-polk-county","tag-spectrum-news-staff","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}