New Jersey's commissioner of education, with the approval of the State Board of Education, establishes the list of religious holidays annually for which districts must excuse a student absence, said Michael Yaple, a spokesperson for the commissioner. Other districts, like Ridgewood, have already been closed for those days. Paramus will also close during the coming school year for Diwali and the Lunar New Year, a major holiday in East Asian cultures, as well as Juneteenth, which celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S. Montclair is the latest school district to add Eid al-Fitr to its calendar, and Paramus plans to add a day next year for the Muslim holiday, which celebrates the end of the holy month of Ramadan. ![]() The number of American adults identifying as Christian fell to 65% in 2019, down 12 percentage points from a decade earlier, while non-Christians grew to 7% of the population, the Pew Research Center found. ![]() The district was deluged with complaints.Īs the number of immigrants in America has grown, so has religious diversity - and the pressure to recognize more holy days and cultural events. ![]() Yet the school calendar can also be full of land mines, as members of the Randolph school board in Morris County found this year when they removed one of two days for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. It's "exciting news," said Ankur Bhuva, who attends a Hindu temple in Paramus.
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