CPSD releases 2025-26 calendar

The Clinton Public School District will enter its third year following a modified calendar aimed at implementing strategic periods through the academic year to allow for focused academic review and student enrichment.

With the adoption of next year’s calendar, the first day of school for students in the 2025-26 school year is slated for July 21, 2025. Students will spend nine weeks in the classroom before arriving at their first two-week break, which will begin on September 29, 2025. During the second week of the break, each campus will host “ArrowSession,” which is intended to be a time for targeted remediation for struggling students.

The pattern of nine weeks of class being punctuated by a two-week break/intercession will be repeated throughout the school year, until students begin their summer break on May 22, 2025. The students will still meet the 180-day threshold mandated by the Mississippi Department of Education and will still have sporadic single days off, including Labor Day, MLK Day, President’s Day and Good Friday.