Lincoln Public Schools Winter Break 2026 Lincoln Public Schools students are off from Wednesday, December 23, 2026 through Monday, January 4, 2027: 13 days in a row, 8 of them school days (the district also has no school Mon, Jan 4 after it). School resumes Tue, Jan 5, 2027.
winter break December 23, 2026 to January 1, 2027 8 school days
Last day before Tue, Dec 22, 2026
School resumes Tue, Jan 5, 2027
Days off in a row 13 Dec 23 to Jan 4
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 13 days long. Keep Lincoln Public Schools’ dates one tap away. Add School Break Dates to your home screen.
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Verified against Lincoln Public Schools’ official 2026-2027 calendar on September 26, 2026 (board-approved version). Confidence: High .
Source: Lincoln Public Schools Student Calendar 2026-2027 (Approved 3/25) (PDF) · district calendar page
Note: Marked "APPROVED 3/25" on the calendar. Students in kindergarten, 6th and 9th grade start Wednesday, August 12; all K-12 students are in session from Thursday, August 13 (used here as the first day); PreKindergarten starts August 18. LPS calls both its October 15-19 and March 8-12 breaks "LPS Quarter Break" (its 2026-27 date list; shown here as fall and spring break); October 19 is a professional learning/planning day inside the October break (the district's online event calendar lists the quarter break as October 15-16 and October 19 as a planning day, with the same days off). Professional learning/planning days are no-school days for students: September 8, November 30, January 4, February 15 (the Presidents' Day Monday) and April 5. Winter break is the "LPS Semester Break" starting December 23; January 4 is a planning day and classes resume January 5. April 30 is also a no-school day. Graduations: May 18 (Yankee Hill), May 19 (Independence Academy), May 20 (Bryan Community) and May 21-23 for the comprehensive high schools at Pinnacle Bank Arena. No make-up days are designated: lost time may be made up with added minutes or days or by turning non-student days into student days. The calendar states no number of student days. The lps.org calendar page shows a bot check from this network; its link to this printable student calendar and its 2026-27 date list (which matches the PDF) were read via Web Archive capture of 2026-08-13, and the file itself was downloaded directly from the district's Google Drive link. The district's online event calendar (read from the website's content service) lists the same no-school days, last day and graduations, and the middle school X/Y rotation calendar marks 175 school days from August 12, consistent with this calendar. A 2027-28 student calendar is also posted but marked "Version 2.3, subject to revision" with no approval, so it is not included.
Winter break in nearby districts District Winter break Back to school Lincoln Public Schools December 23, 2026 to January 1, 2027 Tue, Jan 5, 2027 Omaha Public Schools December 21, 2026 to January 4, 2027 Tue, Jan 5, 2027
Frequently asked questions When does Lincoln Public Schools winter break start and end? Winter break starts Wednesday, December 23, 2026 and ends Friday, January 1, 2027.
When do Lincoln Public Schools students go back to school after winter break? Tuesday, January 5, 2027.
How many days off is winter break? eight school days. With the weekends and the no-school days next to it, students are off 13 days in a row (Wed, Dec 23, 2026 to Mon, Jan 4, 2027).
Could Lincoln Public Schools winter break dates change? The dates come from the district’s board-approved 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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