New Jersey School Board Votes to Take All Holidays Off School Calendar to be Inclusive.....
The Board of Education in a New Jersey town voted unanimously Thursday to replace holiday names on the school calendar with the more inclusive “Day Off."
The vote follows criticism over last month's decision to change Columbus Day on the school calendar, which led to board members receiving phone calls and emails from those in opposition to the change, according to TAPinto.
A motion was initially made to remove only holidays mentioning ethnic or religious groups in an effort to not offend any other group but the board then decided to vote on replacing all holiday names, putting "Day Off" in their place because of fears that some groups would still be “left out” of the existing holidays.
The board said in a statement following the meeting:
After careful consideration of concerns introduced by both proponents of the change as well as those in opposition to the change, a motion was presented for consideration to stop using holiday titles on the district’s calendar … We agreed unanimously that the change would be both inclusive and equitable. Although we have made these changes to the school district’s calendar, our decision to change the calendar titles will not impact the education of holidays as guided by the district’s curriculum.
The vote comes as many schools nationwide replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day on their school calendars......snip~
New Jersey School Board Votes to Take All Holidays Off School Calendar to be Inclusive by Landon Mion (townhall.com)
Yep.....some real bright bulbs here, huh?
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