"Mayor de Blasio to Make Lunar New Year a School Holiday"

[Panich52]

"Mayor de Blasio to Make Lunar New Year a School Holiday"

(Reuters) - Mayor Bill de Blasio designated the Lunar New Year an official public school holiday in New York City on Tuesday, following through on a campaign pledge to Asian voters.

The move came after de Blasio in March declared school holidays on the most-observed holidays in Islam, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.

De Blasio, making good on a promise made during his 2013 mayoral campaign, said students will also have a day off on the Lunar New Year, an Asian holiday that next takes place on Feb. 8, 2016.

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The city's Department of Education had been working on the logistics of adding another holiday while maintaining the legally mandated 180 days of instruction. The problem was solved by merging two half days that previously did not count toward the total into a single full day that can be tallied.

After San Francisco, New York is the second major urban school district to add the Lunar New Year to the official school calendar.

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[yeoman6987]

1. This is great

I always thought we should have at least one holiday a month at least. I mean March and April are at a loss but sometimes spring break covers one. I still think Easter Monday should be off as well as super Monday (day after Super Bowl). And Friday after Thanksgiving too. Most of the days I mentioned are very low productive days for businesses anyway.

[joeybee12]

2. So, the War on Christmas continues I see...

Just wanted to get that in before Fox Noise did.