When the 2025-2026 school year starts next week for most of New York State public high schools, there are going to be a few more holidays that are on the list, and many will be giving students and teachers the day off.

There are new holidays being added to the academic calendar that some have previously adopted, but now almost all will recognize in the 2025-2026 school year.

The kids and teachers will get off on these 3 days off, and they started these new days off in 2026. All 3 of these will be recognized by a ton of New York State holidays:

-Diwali (Monday, October 20, 2025)

-February 17, Asian Lunar New Year

-Tuesday, May 26, Eid al-Adha (mid June)

Some parents are not thrilled with another holiday being added to the school year for 2025 and 2026. As you can imagine, it is not a

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