New York City becomes the largest school district in the nation to recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as holidays on the official school calendar
▻http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices/mediarelations/NewsandSpeeches/2014-2015/Mayor+De+Blasio+and+Chancellor+Fari%C3%B1a+Designate+Eid+Al-Fitr+and+Ei
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña today announced that New York City will become the largest school district in the nation to recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as holidays on the official school calendar. In the coming 2015-16 school year, schools will close on September 24 for the Eid al-Adha, ensuring hundreds of thousands of Muslim families can observe the day. Eid al-Fitr, which falls over the summer in 2016, will be designated a holiday for those attending summer school. New York City schools will not lose any instructional days as part of this change to the calendar.
_“I am truly happy and highly appreciate our Mayor that after a long time of waiting, finally our kids in public schools throughout five boroughs don’t have to choose again between their school and their religious practice. Today, I am a prouder New Yorker,”_ said Imam Shamsi Ali, Spiritual Leader of Jamaica Muslim Center in Queens.
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Cf. Une timide brise de gauche souffle sur New York, par Eric Alterman
►http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2014/07/ALTERMAN/50640