Labor Day weekend stretched; Gardner schools get 4-day weekend.GARDNER Gardner, city (1990 pop. 20,125), Worcester co., N central Mass.; settled 1764, inc. as a city 1921. Its furniture and lumber industries date from c.1805. Diversified metal and electronics manufactures add to the city's economic base. A state prison is there. - Just as this school year began, next year will begin with a short burst of classes followed by a four-day weekend. School will begin on Wednesday Wednesday: see week. , Aug. 29, and students will be in class the next day as well. Then they'll take a four-day weekend for Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. , from Aug. 31 through Sept. 3. The four-day weekend was scheduled for the first time at the beginning of the current school year, and the School Committee last night agreed to continue it. Superintendent Carol L. Daring DARING Disaster Avoidance & Recovery Information Group said faculty liked it, and all three staff unions approved. Not everyone agreed, though. "It just doesn't make sense to me," said Committee member James Boone, who was the only person to vote against it. At his request, the School Department will send a survey out to parents this summer, asking if they like the schedule and want to keep it. |
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