School Board: Emancipation Day should stay a school holiday
Laura Young
ECB Publishing, Inc.
Approval of school calendars for the next three years was the first action item on the agenda for the regular meeting of the Jefferson County School Board on Monday, March 13. Before that, the agenda allowed time for public comments on agenda items, and the sign-up list for a turn at the microphone was long.
The issue was Emancipation Day. For perhaps around two decades, the third Monday in May has been a school holiday in Jefferson County, in recognition of