Duval County School Calendar 2017-18: First Day Of School, Vacations, Conferences

The first day of school in Duval County is August 14. Feel free to mark it on your calendar as one of the most dreaded days of the year for students and teachers — and feel free not to feel guilty about marking it as one of your favorites. The Duval County Public School District has released its 2017-2018 calendar for public schools.

The calendar includes important dates such as winter and spring vacations, religious holidays, federal holidays, early dismissals and parent-teacher conferences.

Here is the full list of dates to know for this school year:

August

• 8/7 - 8/11: Employee Planning/Inservice
• 8/14: First Day of School
• 8/30: Early Dismissal

September

• 9/4: No School (Labor Day)
• 9/13: Early Dismissal
• 8/27: Early Dismissal

October

• 10/11: Early Dismissal
• 10/13: End of Grading Period
• 10/16: No School for Students (Employee Planning/Inservice)
• 10/25: Early Dismissal

November

• 11/1: Early Dismissal
• 11/10: No School (Veterans Day)
• 11/15: Early Dismissal
• 11/22 - 11/24: No School (Thanksgiving)
• 11/29: Early Dismissal

December

• 12/13: Early Dismissal
• 12/20: End of Grading Period
• 12/21: Weather Day
• 12/22 - 12/29: No School (Winter Break)

January

• 1/1 - 1/5: No School (Winter Break)
• 1/8: No School for Students (Employee Planning/Inservice)
• 1/15: No School (MLK Day)
• 1/17: Early Dismissal
• 1/31: Early Dismissal

February

• 2/2: Weather Day
• 2/14: Early Dismissal
• 2/19: No School
• 2/28: Early Dismissal

March

• 3/14: Early Dismissal
• 3/15: End of Grading Period
• 3/16: No School for Students (Employee Planning/Inservice)
• 3/19 - 3/23: No School (Spring Break)
• 3/30: No School (Good Friday)

April

• 4/25: Early Dismissal

May

• 5/16: Early Dismissal
• 5/28: No School (Memorial Day)

June

• 6/1: Last Day of School
• 6/4 - 6/6: Weather Days
• 6/7 - 6/8: Employee Planning/Inservice

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