| Event | Date(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| First Day of School | August 10, 2027 (Tue) | School Opens |
| Labor Day | September 6, 2027 (Mon) | No School |
| Veterans Day | November 11, 2027 (Thu) | No School |
| Thanksgiving Break | November 22, 2027 - November 26, 2027 | No School |
| Winter Break | December 20, 2027 - January 4, 2028 | No School |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day | January 17, 2028 (Mon) | No School |
| Spring Break | March 20, 2028 - March 24, 2028 | No School |
| Last Day of School | May 24, 2028 (Wed) | School Closes |
Complete month-by-month calendar for Columbia County Public Schools. Every day is color-coded so you can see school days, holidays, and breaks at a glance.
Columbia County School District has not published a final 2027-2028 calendar in this data set, so this is a projected calendar based on Columbia's own recent official calendars. The forecast keeps the Lake City district pattern from the approved 2026-2027 calendar: an August 10 start, a Monday-Friday Thanksgiving Break, a winter break extending through January 4, and a late-March Spring Break.
County context: Columbia County School District serves families in Lake City and surrounding North-Central Florida communities. For 2027-2028, students are scheduled to start on August 10, 2027 and finish on May 24, 2028. The main family planning blocks are Thanksgiving Break (November 22, 2027 - November 26, 2027), Winter Break (December 20, 2027 - January 4, 2028), and Spring Break (March 20, 2028 - March 24, 2028). Parents can use this view for travel windows, shared-custody exchanges, childcare coverage, after-school activities, and comparing district days off with work schedules.
What to watch: The most important local differences from a generic statewide calendar are the district's own break placement, board-approved student holidays, and any campus-facing schedule notes published by the district. No recurring early-release entry is listed in the student-facing data used for this page. Teacher planning days and student holidays are separated from regular school days whenever the official source identifies them. If severe weather later changes the calendar, this page should be checked against the district source before families make travel, attendance, or childcare decisions.
Official-source handling: Projected from Columbia County School District's 2025-2026 and school-board-approved 2026-2027 calendars, with the 2026-2027 calendar weighted most heavily. This is not an official 2027-2028 Columbia County calendar. We manually review first-party district material, screen it for student-facing dates, and organize it into key dates, calendar grids, downloadable files, and printable summaries. Because this page is marked projected, it should be used for early planning until the district releases a final adopted calendar. User-submitted corrections are checked against official district sources before this page is updated.
No. This is a projected Columbia County calendar based on recent official district calendars. It should be replaced when Columbia County School District publishes a draft or final 2027-2028 calendar.
The projected first day for Columbia students is August 10, 2027, matching the district's latest earliest-allowed start pattern under Florida's August 10 rule.
Thanksgiving Break is projected for November 22-26, 2027, following Columbia County's recent Monday-Friday Thanksgiving week pattern.
Spring Break is projected for March 20-24, 2028, following the district's latest late-March Spring Break pattern.
Good Friday appeared on the 2025-2026 calendar but not on the approved 2026-2027 calendar, so it is not treated as stable enough to project without a 2027-2028 district source.
Data Source: Projected from Columbia County School District's 2025-2026 and school-board-approved 2026-2027 calendars, with the 2026-2027 calendar weighted most heavily. This is not an official 2027-2028 Columbia County calendar.
Official Source: Visit the Columbia County official calendar source.
How we adapt the calendar: FL School Calendar converts district calendar documents into a parent-friendly view focused on student attendance, holidays, breaks, teacher planning days, early releases, downloadable calendar files, and printable summaries.
Disclaimer: This website is not affiliated with Columbia County School District or the Florida Department of Education. While we strive for accuracy, always verify important dates with the official district website before making travel, childcare, work, or attendance plans.
Last updated: May 28, 2026