>>In Cumberland county, all schools are closed on MLK Bday. Here in Guilford county, they are not. My daughter had that day off every year until this year.
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>Similarly with the Columbus day, IIRC, a high school in Charlottesville started (or stopped, don't remember) closing on that day when the principal changed.

Where I live, there is school on Columbus Day and Veterans Day (though the latter is usually a conference day at the elementary level), but not on MLK Day or Presidents Day. But every district around here (and Pennsylvania has 501 school districts) has its own list of holidays.

Tamar