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When Do Schools Close, Reopen for Holidays 2016 in New Rochelle?
It's a short vacation this year in the Queen City on the Sound based on when Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year's Day fall.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY — It's just the way the calendar falls in 2016. Christmas Eve is on a Saturday; Hanukkah is on a Sunday; New Year's Day is on a Sunday.
And that's why all New Rochelle's holiday vacation is only six school days long. The last day of school is Dec. 23. Then Jan. 2 is the national holiday, and there you are, the end! School resumes Jan. 3, 2017.
Then it's a cold six weeks till the next vacation: Feb. 20-24.
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