Farmington's Jewish and South Asian parents frustrated, shocked by decision on religious holidays: 'We didn't expect to go backward' – Hartford Courant

Jewish and South Asian families in Farmington are coming together and speaking out after the town’s board of education unanimously decided that the district will not close for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur or Diwali for the 2023-2024 school year.

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