BCPS To Start School After Labor Day For 2019–2020

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — Public schools will begin after Labor Day in the 2019–2020 academic calendar, the Baltimore County Board of Education decided Tuesday night. The decision means that the school year will start on Tuesday, Sept. 3, according to Baltimore County Public Schools.

The school board conducted a survey before Tuesday's vote on June 11 because of a change in the state law that would allow flexibility around the school start date.

This spring, the Maryland General Assembly overturned an executive order by Gov. Larry Hogan that schools must start after Labor Day.

A survey was opened to community members to gauge when Baltimore County Public Schools should start. The survey went live in May and closed May 31.

After a vote that was unanimous Tuesday night, the Baltimore County Board of Education determined that the school year would start Tuesday, Sept. 3, and end Friday, June 19, according to WJZ.

Baltimore County Board of Education Chair Kathleen Causey said that there were several factors making the post Labor Day start date the logical choice, including the fact that there are still large schools without air conditioning and parents had already made plans based on the premise that schools were starting after Labor Day, WBAL reported.

The state must approve the calendar before it is official.

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