28 days Northside ISD families need a plan for
Northside 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 10, 2026 to May 26, 2027.
Plan your year
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Every day off, in order (28)
Fri, Oct 9: Student holiday / teacher exchange
Mon, Oct 12: Student holiday / teacher exchange (falls on Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day; calendar does not name it)
Tue, Oct 13: Student holiday / teacher planning day
Tue, Nov 3: Student holiday / staff development (falls on Election Day; calendar does not name it)
Mon, Nov 23: Thanksgiving break
Tue, Nov 24: Thanksgiving break
Wed, Nov 25: Thanksgiving break
Fri, Nov 27: Thanksgiving break (day after Thanksgiving)
Mon, Dec 21: Winter break
Tue, Dec 22: Winter break
Wed, Dec 23: Winter break
Thu, Dec 24: Winter break
Mon, Dec 28: Winter break
Tue, Dec 29: Winter break
Wed, Dec 30: Winter break
Thu, Dec 31: Winter break
Mon, Jan 4: Student holiday / teacher planning day
Fri, Feb 12: Holiday (Friday before Presidents' Day; calendar gives no name)
Tue, Feb 16: Student holiday / staff development; also the bad-weather make-up day
Mon, Mar 8: Spring break
Tue, Mar 9: Spring break
Wed, Mar 10: Spring break
Thu, Mar 11: Spring break
Fri, Mar 12: Spring break
Mon, Mar 15: Student holiday / teacher planning day
Fri, Mar 26: Holiday (calendar gives no name; date is Good Friday)
Mon, Mar 29: Holiday (calendar gives no name)
Fri, Apr 23: Holiday (Friday; calendar gives no name)
Early release days
Northside 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 Northside ISD 2026-27 calendar on October 4, 2026: https://www.nisd.net/sites/default/files/attachments/file/2025/2026-2027-nisd-calendar.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.