Asian-American Community Wants Lunar New Year on School Calendar
Recently, a pair of Muslim holidays was added to the school calendar. This decision was, naturally, met with quite a bit of resistance from non-Muslims. Many believe that school holidays that involve a religious preference should apply to members of that religion only and not create a school-wide day off. But that’s not currently the case. Now, riding off of the Muslim win, the Asian community in NYC is trying to get the Lunar New Year added to the calendar as well.