Schoolchildren in New York will receive an additional day off

New York revised the school calendar and canceled all classes on Monday, December 23.

This happened after the teachers petitioned the Department of Education to reconsider the decision to make December 23 a school day. According to the petition, the last four times, when December 23 was on Monday, the school did not work.

Michael Mulgrew, president of the teachers' union, called it “absurd to open a school for one day and then close it on holidays. It is not profitable. There are other alternatives. ”

When the Department of Education issued a school calendar for the 2019 – 2020 years in late April, teachers immediately began to dispute the one-day work week before Christmas.

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“Every year we work on a calendar that meets the needs of students and families, and in response to feedback, we adjust the calendar and close the school on December 23. "We communicate with students, staff, and families to give them time and plan their schedule accordingly,” — The Department of Education said in a statement.

Students and staff will return to school on 2 on January 2020.

ForumDaily previously wrote that the New York Department of Education wants to ban chocolate milk in public schools. The reason is the potential health problems that may result from the use of such milk, in particular, the risks associated with the sugar content in the drink.