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St. Paul Public Schools is looking to join a growing list of districts adding Eid al-Fitr and the Jewish high holy days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur as holidays on the school calendar. The changes would come in the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years, and reflect a desire to be more inclusive with holiday observances, Superintendent Joe Gothard said. The school board is set to vote on the proposal Tuesday. Students would not have class on any of the dates; staff members would see Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur designated as professional development days. Eid al-Fitr is the celebration marking the end of Ramadan, and it has been added to school district calendars in Minneapolis, Hopkins, Moorhead and Mankato, as well as charter schools serving large numbers of Muslim students. St. Paul set out to engage more people when crafting the calendar proposal and ultimately consulted with four bargaining groups and seven parent advisory councils โ€” the latter of which objected to plans to inclu...
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