Before a packed room at the middle school in Farmington on Monday, the school board voted to reverse course and add back two Jewish holidays as days off for the 2023-24 school year.
“The kids come home asking, ‘Mommy, we have all these other holidays for Easter and Christmas and we love it. How about Diwali?’” said Archya Varadaraja, of Farmington.
During Monday’s meeting, there was an apology from the board chair though many defended their original decision-making. In a statement, the chair explained the board’s previous vote was “based on its consideration of the best interests of the Farmington Public Schools community, and it was not discriminatory or anti-Semitic in any way.”
The push continues to add Diwali, the Festival of Lights, which is important to an increasing part of that community.In Farmington, those of Asian Indian descent soared from 1,196 in 2015 to 2,149 just five years later, according to U.S. Census estimates. We’re told the board is trying to juggle all the impacts of holidays, including making sure the process of picking them is done in a fair way and doesn’t extend the school year too long.
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