The Randolph Board of Education will hold a special meeting Monday to consider
rescinding the vote that removed the names of holidays from the district
calendar and return it to how it was before.
The district initially received backlash in May after voting to change
the name of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day, leading to last week's
vote to remove all holiday names and refer to them instead as just "Days
Off."
The Italian American One
Voice Coalition rallied Sunday against the decision. Members say it’s an insult
to Italian Americans of New Jersey.
The group is demanding the
Board of Education reverse the decision to remove all named holidays from its
calendar.
The organization has gone
up against other towns, such as West Orange, where it sued the city for
removing a statue of Columbus.