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NYC Changes School Calendar to Accommodate Last Days of Pesach
Following pushback by parents and educators, New York City’s Department of Education has added the last two days of Passover as days off in the 2023-2024 school calendar.
The revised calendar includes four additional days off, including Monday, April 29, and Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Both days are observed as non-work, non-school holidays by observant Jews.
As the New York Jewish Week reported on June 7, many New York City educators and parents were angry when they learned that public schools would be open on those days next year, a break from a longstanding tradition that aligns the public schools’ spring break with the eight-day Jewish holiday.
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