Update - 01/26/2023

Thank you to all those who took the time to sign this important petition. The strong response speaks volumes. 

I wanted to provide an update - Yesterday, I presented the petition to the school committee to recognize Diwali as a school holiday. I used some of your comments from the petition in my statement. Preeti Banerjee and Student School Committee representative also spoke in support. I am grateful for the support from other parents at the meeting who spoke in favor. My email to the administrators talking of this petition was also acknowledged in the meeting's correspondence. 

In response to all this, the school committee voted to send a draft of the Sharon school calendar for 2022-2023 to district stakeholders for consideration of including Diwali as a school holiday. 

I will keep you posted as I know more.

Thank You!