Board Approves 2024-2025 School Year Calendar

At its Dec. 5 business meeting, the Montgomery County Board of Education approved the school year calendar for 2024-2025. The calendar is responsive to community input by offering limited instructional disruptions and highlighting the system’s continued investment in its employees with professional development learning days.

Highlights for the 2024-2025 school calendar include:

• For Traditional Calendar schools: First day of school for students is Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, and the last day of school is Friday, June 13, 2025.
• For Innovative Calendar schools: First day of school for students is Monday, July 8, 2024, and the last day of school is Friday, June 13, 2025.
• Districtwide professional days include Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, and Friday, June 6, 2025.
• There will be five scheduled early release days for Traditional Calendar schools. They are: Sept. 27, 2024, Nov. 25-26, 2024 (designated for student conferences), Feb. 28, 2025, and June 13, 2025.
• Winter break begins on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, and ends on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025.
• Spring break begins on Saturday, April 12, 2025, and ends on Monday, April 21, 2025.

The calendar maintains 182 days of instruction, including six built-in contingency days within the school year. These dates are in addition to holiday closures required by state law.

FY2025 Traditional Schools Calendar

FY2025 Innovative Schools Calendar