Perry County School District posts 2025-26 calendar for families, staff

Families in Perry County can already line up the school year around the dates that matter most: registration and open house on July 31, 2025, staff professional development Aug. 1-4, and the first full day of class on Aug. 5. The district’s 2025-26 calendar also marks fall break Oct. 6-10, Thanksgiving break Nov. 24-28, winter break Dec. 22, 2025 through Jan. 2, 2026, spring break March 23-27, 2026, students’ last day May 21, 2026, and the teacher in-service day May 22.

That schedule sits on the Perry County School District’s calendar page, which also shows an April 2026 month view for anyone trying to track the rhythm of the year in Hazard and across the county. For parents and guardians, the value is simple: one place to check before arranging childcare, work shifts, sports travel, appointments or rides to school. When a district calendar is current, it cuts down on the kind of last-minute confusion that can ripple through a household.

The calendar matters beyond classroom doors because school dates shape daily life in Perry County. Students involved in extracurricular activities need the same information to line up practices, games, testing windows and special events. The district’s website puts that schedule alongside other public information, including a superintendent’s message focused on leadership, community connection and high standards, plus board of education pages with meeting schedules and 2025 agendas and minutes.

Perry County Schools’ central office is at 315 Park Avenue in Hazard, Kentucky, with Jonathan Jett listed as superintendent on the county education services page. The district also keeps school-level calendars for Perry County Central High School and East Perry Elementary, giving families campus-specific details without forcing them to rely on secondhand updates. That layered approach makes the district’s communication system easier to use when plans change.

State guidance gives the local calendar added weight. The Kentucky Department of Education says school calendar requirements are set in statute and regulation, and its 2025-26 calendar materials note that districts choosing a variable instructional calendar would start on or after Aug. 25, 2025. For Perry County, the posted calendar is more than a list of dates. It is the schedule that tells households when school opens, when it pauses and when the year closes out.