| Event | Date(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| First Day of School | August 10, 2027 (Tue) | School Opens |
| Labor Day | September 6, 2027 (Mon) | No School |
| Seafood Festival Break | November 4, 2027 - November 5, 2027 | No School |
| Thanksgiving Break | November 22, 2027 - November 26, 2027 | No School |
| Winter Break | December 20, 2027 - January 1, 2028 | No School |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day | January 17, 2028 (Mon) | No School |
| Presidents' Day | February 21, 2028 (Mon) | No School |
| Spring Break | March 13, 2028 - March 17, 2028 | No School |
| Good Friday / Easter Break | April 14, 2028 - April 17, 2028 | No School |
| Estuaries' Day | May 5, 2028 (Fri) | No School |
| Last Day of School | May 25, 2028 (Thu) | School Closes |
Complete month-by-month calendar for Franklin County Public Schools. Every day is color-coded so you can see school days, holidays, and breaks at a glance.
Franklin County School District has not published a final adopted 2027-2028 school calendar in this data set. This projected calendar uses Franklin's recent official calendars, local Apalachicola coastal traditions, Florida's school-start rule, and stable public holidays.
Franklin is one of the few Florida districts where local community events materially shape the student calendar. The projection keeps the recurring Seafood Festival closure, Estuaries' Day, and the Good Friday / Easter Monday break because those dates appear as student no-school items in recent official Franklin calendars. Teacher planning, teacher PD, homecoming early release, testing windows, report cards, senior events, summer school, and generic no-school days are intentionally not predicted.
County context: Franklin County School District serves families in Apalachicola, Eastpoint, Carrabelle, and surrounding coastal communities. For 2027-2028, students are scheduled to start on August 10, 2027 and finish on May 25, 2028. The main family planning blocks are Seafood Festival Break (November 4, 2027 - November 5, 2027), Thanksgiving Break (November 22, 2027 - November 26, 2027), Winter Break (December 20, 2027 - December 31, 2027), and Spring Break (March 13, 2028 - March 17, 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: Notable local calendar items include Seafood Festival Break (November 4, 2027 - November 5, 2027), Good Friday / Easter Break (April 14, 2028 - April 17, 2028), and Estuaries' Day (May 5, 2028). 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 Franklin County School District's recent official calendars, the official district website showing no 2027-2028 printable calendar in the checked data set, the first-weekend-in-November Florida Seafood Festival tradition in Apalachicola, Florida school-start rules, and stable public holidays. 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.
The projected first day for Franklin County students is Tuesday, August 10, 2027. This follows Florida's August 10 rule and Franklin's recent early-August start pattern.
The Seafood Festival break is projected for Thursday, November 4 and Friday, November 5, 2027. Franklin's 2026-2027 official calendar closes school for the local Seafood Festival, and the Florida Seafood Festival is held on the first weekend of November in Apalachicola.
Thanksgiving Break is projected for Monday, November 22 through Friday, November 26, 2027, matching Franklin's full-week Thanksgiving pattern.
Spring Break is projected for Monday, March 13 through Friday, March 17, 2028, based on Franklin's recent mid-March spring break pattern.
Yes. Franklin's recent calendars include Good Friday and Easter Monday closures, so Friday, April 14 and Monday, April 17, 2028 are included as projected dates.
Yes. Franklin listed Estuaries' Day as a no-school day on the first Friday in May in both recent calendars, so Friday, May 5, 2028 is included as a projected local closure.
No. Teacher planning / PD days, homecoming early release, FAST testing windows, report cards, senior events, summer school, and generic no-school days are not projected without a Franklin 2027-2028 draft or official source.
Data Source: Projected from Franklin County School District's recent official calendars, the official district website showing no 2027-2028 printable calendar in the checked data set, the first-weekend-in-November Florida Seafood Festival tradition in Apalachicola, Florida school-start rules, and stable public holidays.
Official Source: Visit the Franklin 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 Franklin 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