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Board adopts superintendent-led process to set criteria for adding holidays; community urges immediate implementation of Eid
Summary
The board voted to direct staff to develop criteria and an implementation timeline for adding culturally significant holidays to SFUSD's academic calendar and to pause automatic implementation of a prior Eid resolution until recommendations come back by Jan. 31; hundreds of public comments, including many students, urged preserving Eid for 2023–24.
The San Francisco Board of Education voted to adopt a superintendent-led resolution asking staff to develop a clear, equity-centered process and timeline for determining which culturally significant days should be added to the district academic calendar. The motion holds implementation of earlier Resolution 22510 A1 — which had adopted Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as school holidays — in abeyance until staff returns with recommendations by Jan. 31.
Dozens of students, parents and community leaders traveled to the podium to urge the board not to backtrack.…
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