Tuesday, September 27, 2016

A majority of Maryland voters continue to support a post-Labor Day start for public schools

A majority of Maryland voters continue to support a post-Labor Day start for public schools, and they appear to not care that it came as the result of a controversial executive order mandating the change.
That’s the finding of a poll released Monday by the Sarah T. Hughes Field Politics Center at Goucher College.
Roughly 68 percent of the 668 Marylanders asked said they support a longer summer that delays the start of schools in the state until after Labor Day. The latest finding is within the margin of error to a 2014 poll that found 71 percent of people favored the later start.
“Public opinion really hasn’t shifted,” said Mileah Kromer, a political science professor and director of the poll. “I just wonder politically if this is a battle that Democrats in the legislature who oppose this want to have? I know there’s going to be push back. It’s a tough narrative that the public wants it.”
But not all Democrats oppose the effort. Former Gov. Martin O’Malley signed a petition to change school start date...

http://thedailyrecord.com/2016/09/26/on-post-labor-day-school-start-voters-care-more-about-outcome/

1 comment:

  1. Career politicians have taken the initiative to act as the guardians of the masses.

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