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Dec

11

Kids Will Have To Cut School To Attend Obama’s Inauguration

121108obamaschool.jpg I woke up this morning to the soothing sounds of KYW 1060 and heard that school superintendent Arlene Ackerman and her staff had been agonizing over a decision. Mike DeNardo reported Ackerman said it was an “excruciating decision.” What was it, you ask? Why, naturally, whether to close schools on Inauguration Day!

Naturally, schools will be open on Jan. 20, and “a curriculum is being developed for every grade level.” Ackerman says she hopes all the kids get a chance to watch it live, in school. (Chances of this happening: 0%. Prove me wrong, Arlene!)

If that does happen, it’s probably the best of both worlds. Kids whose parents drive them down to Washington, D.C., and get stuck in traffic somewhere in Maryland, will have excused absences for the day.

Schools in Phila. Will be Open on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20 [KYW 1060]
 
dmac | 10:46 AM | 2 Comments
Barack Obama, Philadelphia School District
 
  1. Chris Says: Dec 11 1:07 PM

    Inauguration Day should be a national holiday anyway, every four years. The orderly transfer of power was the great innovation of American politics, and is still the centerpiece of democracy.

    I say move Inauguration Day to the first Monday in February and eliminate Presidents Day, which has become pretty meaningless anyway now that it doesn’t celebrate anyone in particular and nobody gets it off work.

  2. friendlynerd Says: Dec 11 3:16 PM

    Except those constant reminders of holidays-you-don’t-get-off-work, the trash collectors.

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