25 days Denver Public Schools families need a plan for
Denver Public Schools (CO) has 25 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 24, 2026 to June 4, 2027.
Plan your year
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Every day off, in order (24)
Mon, Sep 28: Planning and professional learning day
Mon, Oct 12: Conference
Fri, Oct 30: Planning and professional learning day
Mon, Nov 23: Vacation / No classes
Tue, Nov 24: Vacation / No classes
Wed, Nov 25: Vacation / No classes
Fri, Nov 27: Vacation / No classes
Mon, Dec 21: Vacation / No classes
Tue, Dec 22: Vacation / No classes
Wed, Dec 23: Vacation / No classes
Thu, Dec 24: Vacation / No classes
Mon, Dec 28: Vacation / No classes
Tue, Dec 29: Vacation / No classes
Wed, Dec 30: Vacation / No classes
Thu, Dec 31: Vacation / No classes
Mon, Jan 4: Planning and professional learning day
Mon, Feb 15: President's Day
Fri, Feb 26: Planning and professional learning day
Mon, Mar 29: Vacation / No classes
Tue, Mar 30: Vacation / No classes
Wed, Mar 31: Holidays / No classes
Thu, Apr 1: Vacation / No classes
Fri, Apr 2: Vacation / No classes
Fri, Apr 30: Planning and professional learning day
Early release days
Fri, Jun 4: Last day of school (First half of day, early release; second half of day, planning day)
How we counted, and where this comes from
We read the official Denver Public Schools 2026-27 calendar on October 4, 2026: https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/4086/Dps/7213239b-4f99-4fa5-be53-886b3b5158f2/DPS-Calendar-2026-27_ENGLISH.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. There is no fall break this year (the whole Thanksgiving week, Nov 23-27, is off instead), preschool (ECE) starts Tue Aug 25 a day after K-12, and the last day, Fri Jun 4, is a half day. Calendars change and some days vary by school, so check with your school before you book childcare.