"noticing all of the Jewish holidays that were observed."
Hi Clo - By this,do you mean the schools were observing Jewish holidays, or was it the entire State of New York doing the "observing"?
I ask cause when I went to school in MD - we did not have any Jewish days off, and as far as I remember - here in SoCal - the schools don't let kids out for Jewish holidays. OCU may correct me if I'm wrong on this last.