SFUSD's Proposal to Add Eid in Holiday Calendar Sparks Debate

The San Francisco Unified School District appears to be backtracking on a plan to recognize the Arab and Muslim holidays of Eid as an official school holiday, in part because of the threat of legal repercussions.

“We feel invisible in the classroom, we feel invisible in public institutions,” said Nour Bouhassoun, Youth Organizer of the Arab Resource & Organizing Center.

Recognizing Eid as an official holiday would go a long way toward changing that for Arab and Muslim students in San Francisco.

But after months of debate and research, the SFUSD board of education came out with a new list of recommendations for adding district holidays Tuesday.

The recommendations

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