NYC Public Schools This Week: Classes as Usual Monday, Closed Wednesday for Veterans Day
It is a short, broken-up week for the city's public school families: classes run as usual on Monday, November 9, schools close Wednesday for Veterans Day, and middle school and District 75 students dismiss three hours early on Thursday for parent-teacher conferences.
New York City's public schools are back in session Monday, November 9, after the weekend — and the week that follows is anything but a normal five days. Monday and Tuesday are regular school days. On Wednesday, November 11, all NYC public schools are closed for Veterans Day, the federal holiday the city marks the same day with the Veterans Day Parade on Fifth Avenue. Families planning the week should treat Wednesday as a full no-school day, not a remote-learning day: the Department of Education's calendar lists it among the days schools are closed for students, in the same category as the Thanksgiving Recess later this month.
Thursday then shortens the day for part of the system. On Thursday, November 12, middle schools and District 75 schools hold parent-teacher conferences, with students dismissed three hours early; the early dismissal does not apply across every grade band, so families should check their own school's conference schedule before arranging pickup. The rest of November's dates are already on the calendar for planning: all schools close Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27 for Thanksgiving Recess.
The calendar of record is the Department of Education's published 2026-27 schedule, which began the year on Thursday, September 10, and runs to Monday, June 28, 2027. Nothing in it closes schools on Monday or Tuesday of this week, and no emergency closure had been announced in the sources read this cycle — if weather or an emergency changes any day this week, the city announces it the evening before or the morning of, and this desk will carry that announcement when it exists, not before.
