Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Costa Rica's Public Schools will Close April 2-4

Source: La Nación. All public school students, as well as teaching and administrative staff who work for the Ministry of Education (MEP), will be on holidays for 3 additional days, from Monday to Wednesday, April 2 to 4.

Analysis: Since the following Thursday and Friday (Maundy Thursday and Good Friday) are already holidays, this means a holiday spanning 9 consecutive days. Note that these 3 extra days of holidays will not be made up at a later date, as the entire Holy Week (the week preceding Easter) is already excluded from the calculation leading to the legal 200 school days a year.