Wow. Great news. Diwali, the Hindu celebration known as the “Festival of Lights,” will be a public school holiday in New York City starting next year. Mayor Eric Adams announced plans to include the holiday in the public school schedule at a press conference on Thursday morning, alongside state assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar and Department of Education chancellor David Banks. Legislators swapped out Anniversary Day, traditionally celebrated on the first Thursday in June, for Diwali in the public school calendar. Diwali is a major Hindu festival but is also celebrated by some Buddhists, Sikhs and Jains. The date of Diwali fluctuates. This year, the five-day holiday will start on October 24. https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/20/us/diwali-nyc-public-school-holiday-trnd-reaj/index.html?utm_content=2022-10-20T17%3A15%3A10&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social
Will it fetch him votes?
I didn't vote for him and I won't vote him if runs again
Why would we include an Indian/Religious holiday for our American/Secular public schools? Not appropriate imo.
Yes agree
Agree. No religious holidays, Christmas gets grandfathered from pre-bill of rights era.
For votes ?
Yes, let's celebrate all holidays from across the world.
My hometown people celebrate everyone‘s birthday. Can we do it in America?
Why not? National holiday on any day that is someone's birthday!
Just close it forever, public school was a mistake
This is great! I’m from NJ but live in CA and CA doesn’t get any of the Jewish holidays let alone any other culture. The downside is the school year becomes longer the more holidays we get off and this also doesn’t align with vacation for working Parents. We need to rethink the school year as a whole and move to a full year schedule with more intermittent breaks.
ffs.
Why add an Indian holiday but not other cultures’ holidays? That’s not inclusive.
Good.
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And then there was light ! Very cool