NYC schoolkids granted full week before Christmas off after 7th grader’s petition drew thousands of signatures: ‘Their voice matters’
New York City schoolkids will get a full week off before Christmas break — following a petition started by a sharp Brooklyn seventh-grader that garnered tens of thousands of signatures. Isaac Regnier, 12, had urged the Department of Education to cancel class on Monday Dec. 23, to avoid forcing public school students and teachers to show...