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Springfield District school board representative Elizabeth Schultz (right) introduced an ultimately unsuccessful amendment to the 2015-2016 calendar that would have made Nov. 11 a school holiday in honor of Veterans Day.

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Fairfax County School Board Votes Down Veterans Day School Holiday

Fairfax Station resident Steven Hunt, retired U.S. Navy, put it bluntly: “Votes count, words don’t.” That was following a vote in which all but two members of the Fairfax County School Board voted against an amendment to the 2015-2016 calendar that would have made Veterans Day a school holiday.

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