Lunar New Year as School Holiday

EDIT to ADD: Here are the email addresses of the School Committee members if you want to send an email. And if you have time, please come by 34 Coddington Street tonight anytime between 6 and 6:45 pm. WEAR RED. And if you want to speak, open forum starts at 6:30!

There is a group of people that have been fighting for Lunar New Year to be a holiday for Quincy Public Schools for about 3 years now. The current School Committee is dead set on this not happening even though 40% of the whole student body is Asian and in some schools (like North Quincy High and Parker Elementary) that number is much higher. It seems like a simple, easy thing they could do for a big portion of the community! (Caveat, I don't celebrate Lunar New Year). This Wed there is a School Committee meeting at 6:30 at the Coddington Building, and the Citywide PTO is asking for people to show up wearing red, and/or speak at their open forum, and/or to send a personal email to the School Committee members about your support.

Edit: I guess there is a subcommittee beforehand that will be discussing the calendar. This starts at 6pm. The open forum is at 6:30. If you were planning on attending and wearing red in solidarity and can swing it, please try to go at 6pm!