A New Jersey school district opted to strip its calendar of all holidaysThursday after an outcry from dozens of angry parents over a move to change the name of Columbus Day.
The Randolph County Schools board voted unanimously to call Thanksgiving, Christmas, Yom Kippur, and every other holiday "day off" when about 100 people attended the meeting, many of whom sought to protest a proposal to change Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day.
"It's not debatable, and I'm not going to answer questions thrown at me in the middle of speaking, and I would appreciate it if you would refrain from doing so," she told the individual.
Several parents criticized the school district's move, which many asserted was done behind closed doors and without consultation from residents.
"Are we going to take a look at President's Day? Are we going into Lincoln's birthday to change that? Are we going to look to change Martin Luther King Day? These are all great people. These are people who brought a lot to make our country great, and I think you have a lot of nerve to try to make these changes without letting people know."
After over an hour of public comment, the school board deliberated, and one member said "hurt feelings" should be avoided in its final decision.
"If we don't have anything on the calendar, we don't have to have anyone [with] hurt feelings or anything like that," she said.
The board agreed to strip off all holiday names as parents interrupted and shouted their opposition.
"What did you just do?" one man yelled after the board reached an agreement. "What just happened?"
Source-Washington Examiner-Jake Dima reporting.
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