Interesting story in Sunday's New York Times about the Columbus Day conundrum.
The piece is largely New York-focused in its look at what institutions and businesses (educational or otherwise) do and do not observe the holiday and the problems a complete lack of consistency causes for families. But it also touches on the rarity of it being recognized in California public schools, noting that our state Department of Education does not include Columbus Day in its official list of school holidays.
It also discusses the increasing controversy over Columbus Day celebrations.
Read it here.
For the record, Torrance schools were not off today for Columbus Day, it was a "student free" day while all teachers were in meetings, training sessions, and at in-service presentations.