The Fort Smith Public Schools year in one place — is there school today, when the next day off is, and every break from the first day in August to the last in May.
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Fort Smith Public Schools runs the city's schools, and the 2026–2027 year starts on Wednesday 12 August 2026. This page answers the two questions a family actually asks — is there school today, and when is the next day off — and lists the whole year's breaks in one place. The fall semester ends on 18 December and the spring semester starts on 6 January; the last day of the year is Friday 21 May 2027.
Wednesday 29 July
School’s out for summer.
School goes back Wed 12 Aug.
Fort Smith Public Schools
Summer — school starts Wed 12 Aug.
Pre-K–12 · The city of Fort Smith — Northside and Southside high schools and around 26 schools in all
Check your district’s calendar
These are the district’s published 2026–2027 dates. Individual schools also have minimum days, early-release days and events that aren’t shown here, and dates can change — the district’s official calendar, linked above, is the last word.
Three single days — 2 November, 15 February and 2 April — appear on the district calendar as "No School" with no reason given, and are listed here the same way. Parent–teacher conference days (13 and 15 October, and 15, 16 and 18 March) are not listed as days off: the district publishes them as conference days and what that means for your child's day varies by school, so ask your school. Nothing here covers a snow day, an early release, or a single school's own events — the district announces those as they happen, and the calendar link above is always the authority. If your children go to Greenwood, Van Buren, Alma, Lavaca or a private school, those run their own calendars and their dates are different.
Source: Fort Smith Public Schools — district calendar (fortsmithschools.org), read event by event from the district's own calendar for August 2026 through June 2027, checked 29 July 2026 (yesterday).