DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. — Duval County students are starting Thanksgiving week doing something kids in the rest of Florida won’t even think about: going to class.

While every other school district in the state treats Nov. 24-28 as a holiday for students and teachers, Duval County Public Schools scheduled Nov. 24-25 to be normal school days while canceling classes on Nov. 26-28. Administrative offices are closed Nov. 27-28.

Duval schools are following “a long-standing practice” by keeping schools open and don’t factor other districts’ schedules into their plans, a school district spokeswoman, Laureen Ricks , said by email.

Why is Duval schools’ Thanksgiving break different?

Ricks said a school calendar committee develops the district’s yearly schedules through a collaboration involvi

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