All posts tagged "public schools"

  • Senator Tony Ann Stavinsky, third from right, speaks at a press conference Thursday about a law that calls for Lunar New Year to be designated a public school holiday.
    NY governor signs law designating Lunar New Year as public school holiday

    Lunar New Year may become a public school holiday in New York under a law signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo Wednesday. The law calls for public school holidays for days on which a considerable proportion of students...

    • Posted December 19, 2014
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    Lunar New Year’s dilemma in New York

    By Jane Han NEW YORK ― For the past few years, certain Korean parents in New York have fought hard to get public schools to recognize ”Seollal,’’ or Lunar New Year, as an official holiday. Now that...

    • Posted January 29, 2014
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