28 days Cypress-Fairbanks ISD families need a plan for
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD (TX) has 28 weekdays in the 2026-27 school year when school is closed or lets out early, not counting federal holidays. That is about the same as the median of 26 across the 30 largest US districts. School runs from August 12, 2026 to May 27, 2027.
Plan your year
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Every day off, in order (28)
Fri, Oct 9: Teacher Work Day / School Closure Make-up Day / Student Holiday (also Inclement Weather Day)
Tue, Oct 13: Fall break (Student/Staff Holiday)
Wed, Oct 14: Fall break (Student/Staff Holiday)
Thu, Oct 15: Fall break (Student/Staff Holiday)
Fri, Oct 16: Fall break (Student/Staff Holiday)
Tue, Nov 3: Teacher Work Day / School Closure Make-up Day / Student Holiday (Election Day date)
Mon, Nov 23: Thanksgiving break (Student/Staff Holiday)
Tue, Nov 24: Thanksgiving break (Student/Staff Holiday)
Wed, Nov 25: Thanksgiving break (Student/Staff Holiday)
Fri, Nov 27: Thanksgiving break: day after Thanksgiving (Student/Staff Holiday)
Mon, Dec 21: Winter break (Student/Staff Holiday)
Tue, Dec 22: Winter break (Student/Staff Holiday)
Wed, Dec 23: Winter break (Student/Staff Holiday)
Thu, Dec 24: Winter break (Student/Staff Holiday)
Mon, Dec 28: Winter break (Student/Staff Holiday)
Tue, Dec 29: Winter break (Student/Staff Holiday)
Wed, Dec 30: Winter break (Student/Staff Holiday)
Thu, Dec 31: Winter break (Student/Staff Holiday)
Mon, Jan 4: Professional Day (student holiday)
Mon, Feb 15: Professional Day (student holiday); Presidents' Day date
Fri, Mar 12: Teacher Work Day / School Closure Make-up Day / Student Holiday (also Inclement Weather Day)
Mon, Mar 15: Spring break (Student/Staff Holiday)
Tue, Mar 16: Spring break (Student/Staff Holiday)
Wed, Mar 17: Spring break (Student/Staff Holiday)
Thu, Mar 18: Spring break (Student/Staff Holiday)
Fri, Mar 19: Spring break (Student/Staff Holiday)
Fri, Mar 26: Student/Staff Holiday (Good Friday date)
Mon, Apr 26: Professional Day (student holiday)
Early release days
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD publishes no district-wide early-release days. Some schools may still have their own.
How we counted, and where this comes from
We read the official Cypress-Fairbanks ISD 2026-27 calendar on October 4, 2026: https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1762825381/cfisdnet/d3lxf3jlmr8lbbismnu7/DistrictCalendar2026-27-V1.pdf. A day counts when school is closed for all students on a weekday, or the whole district lets students out early. Holidays that almost every employer observes (Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Memorial Day) are never counted. Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Veterans Day and Presidents’ Day count as holidays only when the district closes school for that holiday by name, because many employers stay open. That left 6 holidays out of the count here. Calendars change and some days vary by school, so check with your school before you book childcare.