While all of my friends got to sleep in and enjoy their Christmas, I was doing homework on my holiday, Paree said during an April 7 curriculum committee meeting.
Paree s online petition has grown to over 1,500 signatures since February, but Pasi has also had consistent support from students and adults at previous school district meetings.
She first addressed the school board during the public comment section of its March 9 meeting and then gave a presentation about Diwali at an April 7 Curriculum Committee.
Committee members tabled discussion of adding the holiday to a future meeting over an uncertainty with how the school decides which religious holidays to add, including Jewish holidays.
Questions about the shooting of Christian Hall by the Pennsylvania State Police have not gone away since the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office ruled the use of force justified.
For activist Treandous T.C Cuthbertson, these questions demand answers: Who gave the order to shoot? When did Hall become a threat to the officers? Why did the statement from the Pennsylvania State Police say that Hall pointed his gun at them “when the video evidence disproves that”?
Hall was carrying what turned out to be a realistic-looking pellet gun when he was shot on a highway overpass on Dec. 30, 2020. His hands were raised when he was shot, and as far as the available video shows, the gun was pointed up and away from police.