Schools and administrative offices of the New York City Public School system will be closed on Yom Kippur, Wednesday, September 16, and school employes could be excused an hour earlier than usual on the day preceding Yom Kippur, the Board of Education announced here today.
The announcement also said that Jewish administrative employes of the school system may have the day off on Tuesday, September 8, second day of Rosh Hashanah, but such absence will be charged against annual leave.
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