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Students and parent urge Sewanhaka board to make Eid an official district holiday instead of superintendent conference day
Summary
Speakers at public comment asked the board to designate Eid as an independent school holiday (not part of a superintendent conference day), citing growing Muslim student and staff population; board said it will continue to examine calendar constraints tied to New York State required days of instruction.
Several students and a parent urged the Sewanhaka Central High School District Board of Education on Jan. 28 to recognize Eid as an independent district holiday rather than treating it as a superintendent's conference day.
Safia Dhar, a ninth‑grade student at New Hyde Park Memorial High School, told the board the superintendent's conference‑day accommodation allowed students to observe morning prayers and family gatherings but asked that Eid be made a formal district…
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