"While all of my friends got to sleep in and enjoy their Christmas, I was doing homework on my holiday," Paree said during an April 7 curriculum committee meeting. Paree's online petition has grown to over 1,500 signatures since February, but Pasi has also had consistent support from students and adults at previous school district meetings. She first addressed the school board during the public comment section of its March 9 meeting and then gave a presentation about Diwali at an April 7 Curriculum Committee. Committee members tabled discussion of adding the holiday to a future meeting over an uncertainty with how the school decides which religious holidays to add, including Jewish holidays.