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Maryland School Board Scraps Religious Holidays From Calendar

Vittorio Hernandez   |

Nov 14, 2014 03:55 AM EST

Students at Montgomery County in Maryland would still have no classes during the yearend holidays. However, the school district would soon call that vacation time winter break instead of Christmas break. The change is part of the growing trend among Maryland school districts to be politically correct and not appear to favor certain religions by naming breaks after religious holidays.