The Board of Education of Anne Arundel County today unanimously approved a 2027-2028 school year calendar that calls for classes to begin for students on Monday, August 30, 2027, and end on Wednesday, June 14, 2028.
The Board made no changes to the calendar recommended by the Anne Arundel County Public Schools Calendar Committee and presented to it at its April 22, 2026, meeting. It is the third calendar built based on calendar flexibility legislation passed by the Maryland General Assembly and supported by the Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Mark Bedell. The legislation requires the district to meet minimum seat hours for students at all levels instead of meeting seat hours and 180 school days.
The 2027-2028 calendar contains 177 instructional days, as do the current year calendar and the Board’s approved 2026-2027 calendar.
The 2027-2028 calendar contains a five-day Thanksgiving break and six-day Christmas/Winter and Easter/Spring breaks for students. It also contains just four partial days for students.
The Board has now achieved its goal of creating calendars two years in advance in order to assist families and school district employees in their planning. The 2027-2028 calendar, which can be viewed on the AACPS Calendar web page, also contains:
four non-student days following the last day of each marking period to allow for teachers to complete grades and other staff to engage in professional development.
the closing of schools Yom Kippur and Primary Election Day.
a non-student day in November for elementary and middle school students only. High schools will operate on normal schedules on these days.
closings of high schools on the day of their graduations.
There are three built-in inclement weather days which would be deducted from the end of the school year if they are not used. Should those days be utilized and more days be needed, AACPS will use virtual learning days on days of school closures whenever conditions permit.