Houston ISD released its 2020-21 academic calendar on Feb. 17. The school year begins on Aug. 24 and ends the following May 28, before Memorial Day.

Key dates:

First day of school Aug. 24, 2020

Labor Day — Sept. 7, 2020

Fall Holiday — Sept. 28, 2020


Teacher service day — Oct. 21, 2020

Thanksgiving — Nov. 23-27, 2020

Winter Break — Dec. 21, 2020-Jan. 1, 2021

First day of Spring classes — Jan. 5, 2021


Martin Luther King, Jr. Day — Jan. 18, 2021

Teacher service day — Feb. 24, 2021

Spring Break — March 15-19, 2021

Chavez-Huerta Day — March 29, 2021


Spring Holiday — April 2, 2021

Memorial Day — May, 31 2021

Last day of school — May 28, 2021

Editor's note: This article was updated to correct an error in an earlier version.