{"id":397741,"date":"2026-08-04T21:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/397741\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T21:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:32:17","slug":"heres-when-the-2026-27-school-year-starts-for-districts-across-the-houston-area-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/397741\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s when the 2026-27 school year starts for districts across the Houston area \u2013 Houston Public Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lucio Vasquez\/Houston Public Media<\/p>\n

Row of school buses. Taken on December 18, 2019.<\/p>\n

August is here, which means Houston-area children and their families are beginning the annual transition from summer back to school. <\/p>\n

Parents looking to buy last-minute school supplies may want to go shopping this weekend to take advantage of a statewide sales tax holiday. From Aug. 7-9, most clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks valued at $100 or less qualify for a sales tax exemption, according to the Texas Comptroller’s Office<\/a>. Qualifying items can be purchased tax-free from Texas stores in person or online from companies conducting business in the state.<\/p>\n

Here is when many Houston-area school districts open for their first day of classes for the 2026-27 academic year, with districts listed by date: <\/p>\n

Sign up for the Hello, Houston!<\/a> daily newsletter to get local reports like this delivered directly to your inbox.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Aug. 5<\/p>\n

RELATED: Two Houston ISD elementary campuses will pilot Alpha School\u2019s AI-powered education program this fall<\/a><\/p>\n

Monday, Aug. 10:<\/p>\n

Galveston ISD
\nHouston ISD
\nNorth Forest ISD<\/p>\n

Tuesday, Aug. 11:<\/p>\n

Clear Creek ISD (6th grade, 9th grade and pre-kindergarten)
\nFort Bend ISD
\nWaller ISD<\/p>\n

RELATED: Which families are using ESAs? Here\u2019s what to know about Texas\u2019 first school vouchers<\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, Aug. 12:<\/p>\n

Aldine ISD
\nAlief ISD
\nBarbers Hill ISD
\nChannelview ISD
\nClear Creek ISD (all other grades except 6th, 9th and pre-K)
\nConroe ISD
\nCy-Fair ISD
\nDeer Park ISD
\nGalena Park ISD
\nGoose Creek ISD
\nHuffman ISD
\nHumble ISD
\nKaty ISD
\nKlein ISD
\nMontgomery ISD
\nSheldon ISD
\nSpring ISD<\/p>\n

RELATED: Texas schools must tailor outdoor athletic practices based on heat readings in new statewide safety measure<\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, Aug. 13:<\/p>\n

La Porte ISD
\nPasadena ISD
\nSpring Branch ISD<\/p>\n

Tuesday, Aug. 18:<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Aug. 19:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lucio Vasquez\/Houston Public Media Row of school buses. Taken on December 18, 2019. August is here, which means…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[47316,163,1182,20404,4045,56,58,1686,57,139629,7334,66,223,110833],"class_list":["post-397741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-2026-27-school-year","tag-education","tag-education-news","tag-greater-houston-area-schools","tag-hisd","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-isd","tag-houston-news","tag-houston-school-districts","tag-houston-schools","tag-local","tag-news","tag-texas-tax-free-weekend"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}