Los Angeles, Glendale Schools Closed for Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

U.S. and Armenian flags hang from a balcony in support of Armenian-Americans gathered at a rally to mark Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day in Los Angeles on April 24, 2023. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—Schools were closed Wednesday, April 24, in the Los Angeles and Glendale school districts to commemorate Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, marking the 109th anniversary of the start of events widely viewed by scholars as the first genocide of the 20th century.

The LAUSD Board of Education adopted a policy in 2020 to close schools on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. Students and teachers in the Glendale Unified School District have been given the day off on April 24 since the 2013-14 school year.