School system launches War on Presidents Day

Campbell County, Kentucky! (Where else?) My home county!

I knew the Campbell County Schools would eventually find an excuse to add days to the school year (because they always do), but I didn't think they'd make this decision as early as September.

Using the Blackout of '08 as a pretext, they've decided to add 3 days to the school year. For fuck's sake, they started on August 11! Why would they need to add days? One of the days they added happens to be Presidents Day, which is supposed to be a federal holiday.

Not real patriotically sound (to adapt one of their favorite phrases) of them, is it? The school district will hire administrators who call students commies, but the district doesn't even recognize Presidents Day.

Families had vacation plans for those days. Now those are out the window. I think a lot of folks in my county are starting to ask why the hell they even bother to show up for work each day when they can't even give their kids a vacation.

(Source: http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080918/NEWS0103/809180367)