OCEAN CITY -- State Comptroller Peter Franchot met with resort business leaders yesterday morning to announce his initiative to push the start date for public schools across Maryland back until after Labor Day.
For decades, the public school year in Maryland always started after Labor Day, the symbolic end to the summer season, but in recent years, most jurisdictions have moved the start date earlier and earlier, into mid-August in some cases. Because of its resort nature, Worcester was one of the last to hold onto the post-Labor Day start date for schools, but the county has joined the ranks of other school systems starting in August in recent years.
“Unfortunately, the opportunity to enjoy beautiful days in Ocean City is cut short by our policy makers,” he said. “At some point, we began to start school a week, even 10 days in some cases, before Labor Day. How did that happen?”
Franchot said the early start date for schools has always made it difficult for the small businesses in the resort area and beyond.
2 comments:
I agree with him. School should have never started before Labor Day to begin with. I also think that it should end on Memorial Day....even with snow days. Students, teachers and administrators are done by the end of May.
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