Bulloch Co. Board of Ed Approves 2025-26 School Calendar

Approval completes schedule for the next two years

The Board of Education has approved the 2025-2026 school calendar for Bulloch County Schools, completing the schedule for the next two school years (2024-2026).

These are key features of the calendars:

• First Day of School: August 1 for both calendars
• Breaks: Both years include week-long breaks in October, November, and April, plus a two-week break between the first and second semester.
• Winter Break in February: There is a difference in the calendars’ Winter Break in February. This adjustment is not a permanent change for future years, but how the natural one to two day shifts in a calendar’s days affected the 2025-2026 school calendar. The temporary change was necessary to ensure balanced semesters and sufficient student instruction and teacher inservice days.
  • 2024-2025: A week-long break (Feb. 17-21, 2025)
  • 2025-2026: A five-day break for students that includes two weekend days (Feb. 13-17, 2026)
• Teacher and Student Schedules:
  • Teachers: 190 work days each year, including nine pre- and post-planning days for 2024-25, and seven in the 2025-26 school year and four (2024-2025) and five (2025-2026) inservice days throughout the year.
  • Students: 177 days (2024-2025) and 178 days (2025-2026) school days.

The calendars were developed with feedback from school administrators, teachers, and other stakeholders, and addressed teachers’ need for professional development and concerns about burnout.
For more information, visit www.bullochschools.org/calendarsandmenus.

2024-2025 School Calendar

Pre-planning                                 July 23-31
Faculty In-Service Day                   July 24-25
Open House                                  July 29
First Day of School                        August 1
Labor Day Holiday                         September 2
Student Holiday/In-Service Day      September 3
Fall Break                                     October 14 – 18
Thanksgiving Holidays                   November 25-29
Semester Break / Winter Holidays  December 23 – Jan.2
Student Holidays/ In-Service          January 3-6
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday        January 20
Winter Break                                February 17-21
Student Holiday/In-Service            March 10
Spring Break                                 April 7-11
Last Day of School                         May 23
Memorial Day                                May 26
In-service & Post Planning              May 27-28

2025-2026 School Calendar

Pre-planning  & In-Service              July 24-31
Open House                                   July 31
First Day of School                         August 1
Labor Day Holiday                          September 1
Student Holiday/In-Service Day       September 2
Fall Break                                      October 13 – 17
Thanksgiving Holidays                    November 24-28
Semester Break / Winter Holidays   December 22 – Jan. 1
Student Holidays/ In-Service           January 2 & 5
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday         January 19
Winter Break                                  February 13 & 16
Student Holiday/In-Service              February 17
Student Holiday/In-Service              March 16
Spring Break                                   April 6-10
Last Day of School                           May 22
Memorial Day                                  May 25
Post Planning                                   May 26