Are NYC schools open today? See the full DOE public school calendar for 2024-2025
NEW YORK -- New York City Public Schools reopened Monday, Feb. 24 following midwinter break.
The NYC school calendar started on Thursday, Sept. 5. The last day of school will be held on June 26, 2025.
Once again this year, schools will switch to remote learning in place of snow days or emergencies.
Schools began their winter break one day earlier this year on Monday, Dec. 23, instead of Tuesday, Dec. 24.
Mayor Eric Adams credited the idea to a letter he received from a middle schooler named Isaac. According to the mayor's office, students will not lose any instructional time and the state's 180-day school year requirement will still be met.
NYC DOE school calendar for 2024-2025
New York City public schools observe federal holidays, as well as roughly a dozen non-public holidays.
If federal holidays fall on Saturdays, they will not be observed on a weekday. If they fall on Sundays, they will be observed the following Monday.
Non-public holidays that fall on weekends are not observed on weekdays.
Schools will be closed for the following holidays and breaks:
- Rosh Hashanah 10/3-4
- Italian Heritage/Indigenous Peoples' Day 10/14
- Diwali 11/1
- Election Day 11/5
- Veterans Day 11/11
- Thanksgiving recess 11/28-29
- Winter recess 12/23-1/1
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 1/20
- Lunar New Year 1/29
- Midwinter recess 2/17-21
- Eid al-Fitr 3/31
- Spring recess 4/14-18
- Memorial Day 5/26
- Eid al-Adha / Anniversary Day 6/5
- Juneteenth 6/19
New York Regents Exams & other dates
Schools will hold Regents Exams in January and then again in June.
- January Regents: 1/21-1/24
- June Regents: 6/10 & 6/11, 6/17-27
Other dates on the 2024-2025 calendar include parent-teacher conferences, as well as professional development and clerical days.
See the full academic calendar on the DOE website here.
NYC school bus service
The DOE offers transportation options for eligible students, including stop-to-school bus service and free subway rides.
School bus eligibility depends on several factors, like grade level, distance from home to school, housing status and IEP or 504 Plan accommodations.
As for mass transit, eligible students will receive OMNY cards with four rides per day -- available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Before this school year, students received MetroCards with just three rides per day that could only be used during certain hours.
Learn more about transportation options here and follow these safety tips.
NYC school lunch menu
When students head to class on Thursday, Feb. 6, the breakfast menu will be a caprese egg sandwich on ciabatta bread.
Lunch will be turkey or bean tacos with guacamole, salsa and cinnamon plantains.
Find menus for the whole month here, or use this tool for a specific school.
