Jewish students, parents call for holidays off

Jewish families accused the Carroll school board of anti-Semitism because it closes schools during Christian holidays but not on Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.

“People say there is no anti-Semitism up here; people say they understand,” Leila Liberman, a parent, told the school board. “I wonder what is happening.” About a dozen other students and parents accused the Carroll school systemof catering to Christians by closing for Christmas and calling it winter break and closing for Easter while calling it spring break.