HOLIDAYS

PUBLIC SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

In Maryland, if federal and State observances of a holiday fall on different days, each local board of education determines on which date the holiday will be observed in its public schools (Code Education Article, sec. 7-103).

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January 1	New Year's Day
January 17 (Monday)	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
April 21 - 24	Good Friday through the day after Easter
May 29 (Monday)	Memorial Day
November 7 (Tuesday)	Presidential Election Day*
November 11	Veterans' Day
November 23 (fourth Thursday), & 24	Thanksgiving Day and the day after
December 24 - 31	Christmas Eve through end of year

*On primary and general election days, public schools in the following counties may remain open: Calvert, Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Talbot, and Worcester counties (Code Education Article, sec. 7-103 (c) (4)).

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