MLK Snow Make-Up Day Angers Civil Rights Groups
ATLANTA -- The decision by two Georgia counties to use the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday to make up a snow day holiday has infuriated civil rights leaders.
Fannin and Gilmer counties in north Georgia are calling students to class on the federal holiday after school was wiped out for the week due to the winter storm that struck Georgia.
The superintendents say they had little choice but to hold classes on Monday to make up for nine snow days they've missed this school year.
Georgia State NAACP Chapter President Edward DuBose said it's "humiliating to hear that school districts want to take a snow day rather than to honor Doctor King's legacy."
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