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pstokely Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-11 02:11 AM
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Parents Upset About School On MLK Day
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Source: KMBC.com

ODESSA, Mo. -- Some parents in Odessa said they were upset that the school district chose to make up one of last week's snow days on Monday's Martin Luther King Jr holiday.

The district's small percentage of black students are allowed to have an excused absence, but parents said it's not fair that other students don't have the same option.

"There are others who might want to celebrate Martin Luther King Day," said parent Kim Strickland.

Read more: http://www.kmbc.com/news/26520652/detail.html


How many school districts used MLK Day as a snow makeup day?
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