Can I get a woohoooo? It hasn't hit my area yet, but schools across
the country are starting to consider closing on January 20 so kids can
stay home to watch the presidential election. My ego hasn't yet
convinced me that adminstrators are taking their cues from my Babble
posts, but I'm going to say I called it.
In
the case of a number of schools in the DC area, the move will actually
enable staff to attend the inauguration (although parents are being
advised against taking the kids along),
but it's parents who have been working to make it happen. In the case
of the Montgomery County Public School system, more than three thousand
parents signed an online petition
requesting the day. The letter to administrator Dr. Jerry Weast
promises, "By giving us January 20 off, we will be able to experience
history and watch history come alive."
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