Comptroller Peter Franchot’s call to push the start of the school year in Maryland past Labor Day has two things going for it.
It would pack more family vacation time into the warm beaches at Ocean City, and it would do the same at the cool mountains around Deep Creek Lake in Western Maryland.
The businesses that have invested at these two corners of the state live and die by tourism, and they have a relatively short season. The trend throughout the state is for an earlier start to the school year — the first day of classes for most St. Mary’s students will be Aug. 22. This cuts into the summer season.
From the economic point of view of these merchants, the push to reclaim every hot, sunny day before Labor Day for family fun makes sense.
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