| Event | Date(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| First Day of School | August 10, 2027 (Tue) | School Opens |
| Labor Day | September 6, 2027 (Mon) | No School |
| Thanksgiving Break | November 22, 2027 - November 26, 2027 | No School |
| Winter Break | December 20, 2027 - December 31, 2027 | 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 24, 2028 (Wed) | School Closes |
Complete month-by-month calendar for Sarasota County Public Schools. Every day is color-coded so you can see school days, holidays, and breaks at a glance.
Sarasota County Schools does not yet have a final 2027-2028 calendar in this data set. This projected version keeps the most reliable family planning dates from recent Sarasota calendars: an earliest-allowed August start, the full Thanksgiving week, a Christmas/New Year winter break, a mid-March spring break, and a Wednesday finish before Memorial Day.
Sarasota's 2026-2027 official calendar includes two Mini Break dates, but the recent evidence is not stable enough to assign 2027-2028 Mini Break dates. Those are mentioned as a watch item and intentionally held out of the projected calendar grid.
Professional days, inclement-weather makeup markers, Mini Break guesses, staff-only dates, grading periods, testing, and generic no-school student days are not projected without a district draft or official source.
County context: Sarasota County Schools serves families across Sarasota County, where the district calendar is the practical baseline for school-year planning. 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 - 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: 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 Sarasota County Schools' official 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 calendars, fixed federal holidays, and Florida's August 10 start-date rule. This is not an official 2027-2028 Sarasota 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 planning calendar. Sarasota County Schools has not published a final 2027-2028 calendar in this data set.
Sarasota's official 2026-2027 calendar starts on August 10, the earliest date allowed by Florida's start-date rule. August 10, 2027 falls on a Tuesday, so it is the strongest local-pattern estimate.
Spring Break is projected for March 13-17, 2028, matching Sarasota's recent mid-March Monday-through-Friday spring break pattern.
The official 2026-2027 calendar includes Mini Breaks, but the pattern is not stable enough across recent calendars to pick 2027-2028 dates confidently. They should wait for a district draft or official calendar.
Those dates are not being guessed. Sarasota marks professional days and inclement-weather makeup possibilities in official calendars, but they should not be treated as projected family travel dates without a district source.
Data Source: Projected from Sarasota County Schools' official 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 calendars, fixed federal holidays, and Florida's August 10 start-date rule. This is not an official 2027-2028 Sarasota County calendar.
Official Source: Visit the Sarasota 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 Sarasota County Schools 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