With the Hays CISD board of trustees approving the 2018-19 school year calendar on Monday, families can start planning out their schedules. Aug. 27 will be the first day of school for HCISD students. According to the calendar, middle school students will have two early release days and three days for high school students and 28 vacation days. Students will have a week off Nov. 19-23 for Thanksgiving break and Dec. 24, 2018-Jan. 8, 2019, for Christmas break. They will have one week off for spring break, March 18-22, 2019. Students' holidays also include Columbus Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Good Friday and Memorial Day. Bad weather makeup days will be Feb. 15, 2019, and June 6, 2019. The last day of school will be June 5, 2019, and graduation will be held June 7, 2019. Teachers will report to work Aug. 20.