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Holiday or not, schools gird for absences

Good Friday's varying status spurs debate

By Keith O'Brien
Globe Staff / March 21, 2008

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WINCHESTER - For as long as anyone here can remember, Good Friday, the most solemn of Christian holy days, has been a holiday for public school students, a day set aside for prayer and quiet reflection. (Full article: 943 words)

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