| Event | Date(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| First Day of School | August 11, 2027 (Wed) | 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 3, 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 |
| Last Day of School | May 25, 2028 (Thu) | School Closes |
Complete month-by-month calendar for Okaloosa County Public Schools. Every day is color-coded so you can see school days, holidays, and breaks at a glance.
Okaloosa County School District has not published a final adopted 2027-2028 calendar in this data set. This projected calendar uses Okaloosa's official board-approved 2026-2027 calendar, the official 2025-2026 page data, checked district calendar availability, Florida school-start rules, and the district's recurring Emerald Coast major-break pattern.
Okaloosa's strongest family-planning pattern is an August 11-area start rather than a forced August 10 start, full Thanksgiving week, a Christmas/New Year Winter Break, mid-March Spring Break, and a last student day on the Thursday before Memorial Day. Teacher workdays, student holidays, professional learning days, grading markers, and weather makeup decisions are not projected.
County context: Okaloosa County School District serves families in Fort Walton Beach, Crestview, Niceville, Destin, and surrounding Emerald Coast communities. For 2027-2028, students are scheduled to start on August 11, 2027 and finish on May 25, 2028. The main family planning blocks are Thanksgiving Break (November 22, 2027 - November 26, 2027), Winter Break (December 20, 2027 - January 3, 2028), 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: 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. Weather or makeup-day language is preserved in the page notes when the district publishes it, which matters for hurricane-season planning and emergency childcare coverage.
Official-source handling: Projected from Okaloosa County School District's official board-approved 2026-2027 calendar, official 2025-2026 page data, checked district calendar availability, Florida school-start rules, and Okaloosa's recurring major-break and late-May finish patterns. 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.
This projection places the first day of school on Wednesday, August 11, 2027, matching Okaloosa's recent August 11 student-start pattern rather than forcing the earliest possible date.
Thanksgiving Break is projected for November 22-26, 2027, preserving Okaloosa's full Monday-Friday Thanksgiving week.
Winter Break is projected for December 20, 2027 through January 3, 2028, following the district's Christmas/New Year break pattern without guessing separate teacher or professional learning days.
Spring Break is projected for March 13-17, 2028, continuing Okaloosa's mid-March Spring Break pattern.
No. This is a projected calendar for early planning and should be replaced when Okaloosa County School District publishes a draft or final adopted 2027-2028 calendar.
No. Staff-driven days and generic student holidays vary by board calendar, so they are excluded until Okaloosa publishes a 2027-2028 source.
Data Source: Projected from Okaloosa County School District's official board-approved 2026-2027 calendar, official 2025-2026 page data, checked district calendar availability, Florida school-start rules, and Okaloosa's recurring major-break and late-May finish patterns.
Official Source: Visit the Okaloosa 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 Okaloosa 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