October 7, 2019 Board Meeting--Board Continues to Discuss EID Holiday

Meeting Agenda and Minutes can be viewed by clicking below. Video of the meeting has not been posted on the website. We will update as soon as video is posted.

Agenda

Minutes

Rania Elbaz, North Merrick resident, continued to address the Board on status of Board approving EID as a holiday for the upcoming school year. EID is a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan. It falls on different days each year. This year it falls on July 30 and 31st. Sometimes it falls during the school year. During those times, district will mark day for holiday and not give homework. However, Ms. Elbaz was questioning why the district did not earmark that day as a day off like Christmas and Yom Kippur. Board will seek advise of counsel and revisit issue at next board meeting held on November 12, 2019.