NOTTINGHAM, MD—The Baltimore County Board of Education is considering three proposed 2020-2021 school calendar options, one of which includes beginning the school year before Labor Day.

The three calendar options are as follows:

Proposed BCPS 2020 – 2021 Calendars

Calendar Option A:
PRE-LABOR DAY START
Spring Break – 10 Calendar Days
Teacher Start Date: Monday, August 24, 2020
Student Start Date: Monday, August 31, 2020
End Date (no closures): Friday, June 11, 2021
End Date (5 emergency closures): Friday, June 18, 2021

Calendar Option B:
POST-LABOR DAY START
Spring Break – 5 Calendar Days
Teacher Start: Monday, August 31, 2020
Student Start: Tuesday, September 8, 2020
End Date (no closures): Tuesday, June 15, 2021
End Date (5 emergency closures): Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Calendar Option C:
POST-LABOR DAY START
Spring Break – 10 Calendar Days
Teacher Start Date: Monday, August 31, 2020
Student Start: Tuesday, September 8, 2020
End Date (no closures): Monday, June 21, 2021
End Date (5 emergency closures): Monday, June 28, 2021

Residents can vote on the options via the survey found here.

Additionally, residents can provide feedback to the Board at a public input hearing to be held on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at 6:30 pm at the Greenwood Campus located at 6901 Charles Street in Towson.

The Board will vote on the calendar options on Tuesday, November 5th.

In 2016, Governor Larry Hogan signed an executive order requiring that public schools in Maryland start classes after Labor Day in 2017.

The Maryland General Assembly overturned the order in March of this year, leaving it up to the local school board in each jurisdiction to decide when to begin school.