Rochester-Area School Start Dates: What Parents Need to Know for 2026-27

Tuesday, September 8

• Albion
• Batavia
• Bloomfield
• Brighton
• Byron-Bergen
• East Irondequoit
• Elba
• Gananda
• Gates Chili
• Geneva
• Greece
• Holley (Pre-K/K start Sept. 9)
• Honeoye
• Honeoye Falls-Lima (date not stated in your text)
• Palmyra-Macedon
• Pittsford
• Rochester City
• Seneca Falls
• Victor (grades 1–12; UPK/K Sept. 9)
• West Irondequoit
• Williamson

Wednesday, September 2

• Brockport
• East Rochester
• Fairport
• Penfield
• Wayne
• Webster
• Wheatland-Chili

Thursday, September 3

• Alexander
• Avon
• Rush-Henrietta

Wednesday, September 9

• Hilton
• Pavilion
• Phelps-Clifton Springs
• Sodus
• Spencerport

Thursday, September 10

• Canandaigua — Grades 1–12

Friday, September 11

• Canandaigua — UPK–K

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