Anyone getting the day off for Good Friday in the U.S. ? (spring break, schools)
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I got school off, kinda. Some schools close around here some don't, I'm in college and it's the same for them, some do some don't. Officially my school doesn't take the day off but almost none of the kids show up and the teachers know that so almost none of them show up and most cancel class. I have only two teachers who were weird enough to think someone might actually show up and not cancel, a guy from China and a Jew, go figure lol. I won't be there, and no one else will.
In St Louis, (still a major Catholic town) Ameren, the big electric utility, all but non-essential folks have the day of with pay.
Other businesses are following suit.
In my hometown of Sainte Genevieve Missouri, an hour to the south of STL, and overwhelmingly Catholic, just about all businesses will be closed with pay.
Even those businesses that remain open will be closed from 12-3pm.
Even in the 1950s, Good Friday was not a school holiday. We went to school in the morning, and got off at noon, and didn't come back in the afternoon. Easter Monday was also a school holiday, returning to classes Tuesday. There was no Spring Break in those day, the extra day and a half for Easter was the only vacation in the spring.
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In the United States Good Friday is not a government holiday at the federal level; however individual states and municipalities may observe the holiday. Good Friday is a state holiday in Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Kentucky (half day), Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Tennessee and Texas (optional). State and local government offices and courts are closed, as well as some banks and postal offices in these states.
Some private businesses and certain other institutions are closed on Good Friday. The financial market and stock market is closed on Good Friday. However, the vast majority of businesses are open either full or half day on Good Friday. The postal service operates, and banks regulated by the federal government do not close for Good Friday." Good Friday - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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