Sarasota County Schools Winter Break 2026

Name: Sarasota County Schools Winter Break 2026
Start: 2026-12-21
End: 2027-01-01
Location: Sarasota County Schools

Sarasota County Schools students are off from Saturday, December 19, 2026 through Monday, January 4, 2027: 17 days in a row, 10 of them school days (the district also has no school Mon, Jan 4 after it). School resumes Tue, Jan 5, 2027.

winter breakDecember 21, 2026 to January 1, 202710 school days

Last day beforeFri, Dec 18, 2026

School resumesTue, Jan 5, 2027

Days off in a row17Dec 19 to Jan 4

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Planning notes

Christmas Day (Friday, December 25, 2026) and New Year’s Day (Friday, January 1, 2027) both fall inside the break.
Students also have no school on Mon, Jan 4, 2027, which makes the time off 17 days long.

Verified against Sarasota County Schools’ official 2026-2027 calendar on September 26, 2026. Confidence: High.

Source: Sarasota County Schools 2026-2027 District Academic Calendar (PDF) · district calendar page

Note: The PDF (on the district website's file service, unchanged since July 30, 2025) is titled 2026-2027 District Academic Calendar and does not say approved. The district's calendars page shows a browser check to this network and the Web Archive has no recent capture of it; the archived documents index of the site (Sep 13, 2026) lists its Calendars folder, the Web Archive copy of the PDF from Aug 11, 2026 is identical, and the district's online calendar (Web Archive capture of Sep 17, 2026) shows the same dates from Aug 10 to Jan 18. Thanksgiving Break for students is Nov 23-27. Professional Days (no school for students) Oct 12, Jan 4 and Mar 12; Mini Breaks Mar 26 and Apr 16. The seven days marked 'inclement weather makeup day if needed' are all no-school days for students unless the district needs them: Oct 12, Jan 4, Mar 12, Mar 26, Apr 16, and May 27-28 (after the last day, May 26, so the year would be extended). No early release days are shown. The calendar does not state the number of student days (the grid gives 180). Memorial Day (May 31) is after the last day.

Winter break in nearby districts

21 of the other 21 Florida districts we track have winter break the same week.

District	Winter break	Back to school
Sarasota County Schools	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Tue, Jan 5, 2027
School District of Manatee County	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Wed, Jan 6, 2027
Hillsborough County Public Schools	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Tue, Jan 5, 2027
Pinellas County Schools	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Tue, Jan 5, 2027
Polk County Public Schools	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Wed, Jan 6, 2027
The School District of Lee County	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Tue, Jan 5, 2027
Pasco County Schools	December 21, 2026 to January 1, 2027	Tue, Jan 5, 2027
Collier County Public Schools	Dec 21-31, 2026	Tue, Jan 5, 2027

Frequently asked questions

When does Sarasota County Schools winter break start and end?

Winter break starts Monday, December 21, 2026 and ends Friday, January 1, 2027.

When do Sarasota County Schools students go back to school after winter break?

Tuesday, January 5, 2027.

How many days off is winter break?

ten school days. With the weekends and the no-school days next to it, students are off 17 days in a row (Sat, Dec 19, 2026 to Mon, Jan 4, 2027).

Could Sarasota County Schools winter break dates change?

The dates come from the district’s calendar. Districts sometimes revise a calendar after weather closures; we re-check the official document every week and update this page if it changes.

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Sarasota County Schools Winter Break 2026

Planning notes

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