The general calendar for the 2025-26 academic year was adopted by the Cohoes City School District Board of Education on March 19, 2025.
Download a PDF copy of the 2025-26 academic general student calendar here.
This calendar lists the following conference days and holidays:
July 4 – Independence Day (closed)
September 1 – Labor Day (closed)
September 2-3 – Superintendent’s Conference Day (staff report)
September 4 – First Day of Classes K-12
October 10 – Emergency Release Dismiss 15 Minutes Early
October 13 – Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day (closed)
October 23 – Districtwide Early Release Day – Professional Development
November 4 – Superintendent’s Conference Day/Election Day (staff report)
November 11 – Veterans Day (closed)
November 26-28 – Thanksgiving Recess
December 11 & 16 – Elementary Early Release for Elementary Report Card Conferences
December 22 – January 2 – Winter Recess
January 5 – Classes Resume
January 19 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day (closed)
February 16 – President’s Day (closed)
February 17 – Lunar New Year (closed)
February 16-20 – Winter Recess
March 12 – Districtwide Early Release Day – Professional Development
March 26 – Elementary Early Release for Report Card Conferences
April 3-10 – Spring Recess
*May 22 – Possible Contingency Day
May 25 – Memorial Day (closed)
*May 26 – Possible Contingency Day
June 19 – Juneteenth (closed)
June 26 – Last day of School
*Dependent upon use of snow days.