MCPS Classes May Start Before Labor Day Next Year: Report

SILVER SPRING, MD — Montgomery County education officials have once again raised the possibility of starting the school year before Labor Day.

Maryland's most populous county hasn't started school before Labor Day since 2016, when Republican Gov. Larry Hogan issued an executive order to start classes after the September holiday. Since then, the Maryland General Assembly has overturned the executive order.

WTOP reports that school officials are mulling over three calendar options for the 2020-2021 school year. Two of them include a pre-Labor Day start.

Next year, Labor Day falls on Monday, Sept. 7.

"Because Labor Day is so late, we can actually start in September and still start before Labor Day," said Essie McGuire, executive director of the office of the chief operating officer, according to WTOP.

The three calendar options are as follows:

1. Start date: Aug. 31 / End date: June 11
2. Start date: Sept. 1 / End date: June 16
3. Start date: Sept. 8 / End date: June 21