HISD proposes to no longer observe Muslim holiday of Eid in 2025-26 calendar

Houston ISD’s final proposed draft of the calendar for the 2025-26 academic year does not provide students with a day off for Eid al-Fitr, a significant Muslim holiday that the district began recognizing in 2023. The state-appointed Board of Managers is set to vote on whether to approve the calendar during its regular meeting Thursday. The proposed calendar, if approved, would continue to give all students a day off for Good Friday — a Christian holiday — and Yom Kippur — a Jewish holiday — in the upcoming academic year....