Next Year's School Calendar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:See what happens when we elect a conservative firebrand like Hogan - he interferes in our school calendar for the benefit of his Ocean City cronies. Vote him out.

Or he realizes

1. schools are secular
2. Our debt is in the toilet and needed to help our economy with a little more state surplus
3. Small businesses in tourist areas were folding and needed help, which in turn also helps employment and our economy
4. College and High school students depend on summer employment and need the weeks to work, which in turn also helps our economy and small business

Most college students go back to school mid-August. The University of Maryland started on August 28 this year and always starts that week. They are NOT working in OC until Labor Day.

[Anonymous]

Small businesses in tourist areas are folding? Proof or you're just spreading Kellyanne Conway-ish propaganda. That whole post sounds like it came from a Hogan loyalist bot.

[Anonymous]

Howard County accommodates all these special interests and comes up with a calendar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Howard County accommodates all these special interests and comes up with a calendar.

Have you met MCPS BOE? They are complete idiots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Howard County accommodates all these special interests and comes up with a calendar.

MCPS complains and whines about everything. Everything!

[Anonymous]

There are grounds to overturn the executive order. Sound like PG county might pursue that even if MCPS doesn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:See what happens when we elect a conservative firebrand like Hogan - he interferes in our school calendar for the benefit of his Ocean City cronies. Vote him out.

Or he realizes

1. schools are secular
2. Our debt is in the toilet and needed to help our economy with a little more state surplus
3. Small businesses in tourist areas were folding and needed help, which in turn also helps employment and our economy
4. College and High school students depend on summer employment and need the weeks to work, which in turn also helps our economy and small business

Most college students go back to school mid-August. The University of Maryland started on August 28 this year and always starts that week. They are NOT working in OC until Labor Day.

I never said they all work in OC. I meant summer jobs in general, many are lifeguards in which pools are open all of August.

If Hogan didn't do this MCPS would have started on Aug 21st (even before UMD) and Fall sports would have started Aug 2nd. Hard to get a summer job when you are in school until June 19th and going back to sports by Aug 2nd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Small businesses in tourist areas are folding? Proof or you're just spreading Kellyanne Conway-ish propaganda. That whole post sounds like it came from a Hogan loyalist bot.

I doubt that there are Hogan loyalist bots, but it's a funny idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I never said they all work in OC. I meant summer jobs in general, many are lifeguards in which pools are open all of August.

If Hogan didn't do this MCPS would have started on Aug 21st (even before UMD) and Fall sports would have started Aug 2nd. Hard to get a summer job when you are in school until June 19th and going back to sports by Aug 2nd.

The purpose of the school calendar is to

1. support the Maryland tourism industry.
2. fit the schedule of teenagers who want to get summer jobs and also play high school sports.

Evidently.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Howard County accommodates all these special interests and comes up with a calendar.

MCPS complains and whines about everything. Everything!

MCPS comes up with a calendar, too. In fact, it looks a lot like Howard County's:

The Howard County Board of Education approved the 2017–2018 academic calendar during its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday. The next school year will begin on Tuesday, September 5, 2017, for students and on Thursday, August 24, 2017, for teachers. Winter break will be December 24–January 1, with schools reopening on Tuesday, January 2, 2018. Spring Break will run from Friday, March 30 through Friday, April 6, 2018. The last day of school is scheduled for June 14 for students and June 15 for teachers. Five days are designated for potential use if needed for inclement weather makeup days: including Presidents’ Day, three Spring Break days, and June 15. The 2017–2018 academic calendar is in alignment with Governor Hogan’s order to begin and end the school year between Labor Day and June 15.

With the governor's executive order, there's not a lot of room for the local school boards to set their calendars based on the individual needs of the local school district. Governor Hogan believes in local decision-making, except when the local decisions are counter to what he wants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I never said they all work in OC. I meant summer jobs in general, many are lifeguards in which pools are open all of August.

If Hogan didn't do this MCPS would have started on Aug 21st (even before UMD) and Fall sports would have started Aug 2nd. Hard to get a summer job when you are in school until June 19th and going back to sports by Aug 2nd.

The purpose of the school calendar is to

1. support the Maryland tourism industry.
2. fit the schedule of teenagers who want to get summer jobs and also play high school sports.

Evidently.

Actually it supports the economy which in turn supports the school districts. Are you saying starting one week later and having less school days off during the school year; instead of this revenue on a state trying to reverse a massive deficit is okay?

"$74.3 million in direct economic activity, including $3.7 million in new wages and $7.7 million in state and local tax revenue that could be reinvested in classrooms across Maryland."

[Anonymous]

Is any of the additional money going to schools? I thought that Hogan cut school funding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I never said they all work in OC. I meant summer jobs in general, many are lifeguards in which pools are open all of August.

If Hogan didn't do this MCPS would have started on Aug 21st (even before UMD) and Fall sports would have started Aug 2nd. Hard to get a summer job when you are in school until June 19th and going back to sports by Aug 2nd.

The purpose of the school calendar is to

1. support the Maryland tourism industry.
2. fit the schedule of teenagers who want to get summer jobs and also play high school sports.

Evidently.

I am not the person you are posting to but what is wrong with supporting Maryland tourism? It is one week and you are acting like it is the end of the world. I loved not going back until after the holiday weekend and 67% approved of the start of after Labor Day. What are your reasons for being against it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is any of the additional money going to schools? I thought that Hogan cut school funding.

Newsflash, Hogan never cut funding. As a matter of fact he has increased it every year. Just not enough for MCPS to not to whine that they need more. But the majority of funding for MCPS comes from MC, not the state. So how come you never see the board ask MC for more money. Do your research.

Operating Budget
Fiscal Year 2017: $2.46 billion

Funding Sources
Montgomery County: 65.8%
State education aid: 26.8%
Federal govt. grants: 3%
Enterprise funds: 2.6%
Fees, other sources: 0.4%
Fund balance: 1.4%

While you are at it, why don't you ask your ole pal O'Malley where all the casino money is for the school budgets that he promised when agreeing to allow gambling/casinos in our state? He messed that up royally but yet no one complains about that.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-casino-education-20170121-story.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I never said they all work in OC. I meant summer jobs in general, many are lifeguards in which pools are open all of August.

If Hogan didn't do this MCPS would have started on Aug 21st (even before UMD) and Fall sports would have started Aug 2nd. Hard to get a summer job when you are in school until June 19th and going back to sports by Aug 2nd.

The purpose of the school calendar is to

1. support the Maryland tourism industry.
2. fit the schedule of teenagers who want to get summer jobs and also play high school sports.

Evidently.

Actually it supports the economy which in turn supports the school districts. Are you saying starting one week later and having less school days off during the school year; instead of this revenue on a state trying to reverse a massive deficit is okay?

"$74.3 million in direct economic activity, including $3.7 million in new wages and $7.7 million in state and local tax revenue that could be reinvested in classrooms across Maryland."

Well, it COULD be re-invested. But will it actually be re-invested? For example, on summer school programs for poor kids who will have a 20% longer summer slide (12 weeks vs. 10 weeks).

This Ocean City executive order was not for education, it was for one sector of Maryland economy. (The Maryland Tourism Development Board -- an unbiased source? -- estimates that tourism generates around $2 billion in state and local taxes, combined. Total tax revenue collected in Maryland is around $20 billion.) Not to mention that it's sheer hypocrisy on the part of the governor to override the local government.