New Jersey School Board Backtracks on Decision to Remove Holiday Names From Calendar

A statue to the famed explorer Christopher Columbus stands in Columbus Circle in New York, N.Y., on June 25, 2020. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The school board in Randolph Township in Morris County, New Jersey, has reversed a decision to erase all holiday names from the school calendar following backlash from parents.

Randolph’s Board of Education on Monday night voted to restore the names of holidays, admitting in a statement that the decision was made “without proper consideration.”