| 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 2, 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 20, 2028 - March 24, 2028 | No School |
| Last Day of School | May 26, 2028 (Fri) | School Closes |
Complete month-by-month calendar for Walton County Public Schools. Every day is color-coded so you can see school days, holidays, and breaks at a glance.
Walton County School District has not yet published a final 2027-2028 calendar in this data set. This projected version uses Walton's board-approved 2026-2027 calendar as the controlling official source: a Tuesday August start, Veterans Day, full Thanksgiving week, Christmas/New Year's break, late-March Spring Break, and a Friday finish at the end of May.
Walton County's Emerald Coast and 30A tourism context is important for families planning travel, but the official 2026-2027 school calendar does not show a stable tourism-specific districtwide closure. The October No School Day and teacher-workday pattern is noted as a possible fall pause, but not placed in the predicted grid without another official year.
Early release days, Teacher Workdays, Professional Development days, generic no-school days, grading-period markers, graduations, students-return labels, and testing windows are intentionally not projected.
County context: Walton County School District serves families in DeFuniak Springs, Freeport, Santa Rosa Beach, 30A, and surrounding Emerald Coast communities. For 2027-2028, students are scheduled to start on August 10, 2027 and finish on May 26, 2028. The main family planning blocks are Thanksgiving Break (November 22, 2027 - November 26, 2027), Winter Break (December 20, 2027 - January 2, 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 primarily from Walton County School District's board-approved 2026-2027 calendar, fixed federal holidays, and Florida's August 10 start-date rule. The 2025-2026 Walton page in this data set is projected, so it is not used as controlling evidence. 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. Walton County School District has not published a final 2027-2028 calendar in this data set.
Walton's board-approved 2026-2027 calendar starts students on Tuesday, August 11. August 10, 2027 is the matching Tuesday early-start date and fits Florida's school start-date rule.
Thanksgiving Break is projected for November 22-26, 2027, following Walton's full Thanksgiving week pattern.
Spring Break is projected for March 20-24, 2028, following Walton's late-March pattern from the board-approved 2026-2027 calendar.
No. Walton's 2026-2027 calendar has an October No School Day plus staff workday pattern, but this projection does not guess generic no-school or staff-tied dates without another official source.
Data Source: Projected primarily from Walton County School District's board-approved 2026-2027 calendar, fixed federal holidays, and Florida's August 10 start-date rule. The 2025-2026 Walton page in this data set is projected, so it is not used as controlling evidence.
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 Walton 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