From: -LusterSoldier- | #025
MarvelousGerbil | Posted 10/10/2011 1:16:05 PM | message detail | quote
Maybe it's different depending on where you live. I always had school, but my area is notorious for snow days so it may have been a preemptive "make-up day." Though even now that I'm in grad school, I have class later today.
I looked at some of the past contest stats discussion topics from Columbus Day in 2007 and 2008. From what I found out in those topics, it's probably a statewide thing as to what schools have off on Columbus Day and which ones are in school that day. I never had school on Columbus Day and I live in Pennsylvania.
Also, based on the trends from the contest matches on Columbus Day in 2007 and 2008, Columbus Day trends are more similar to weekend trends than weekday trends, suggesting that more than half of all schools get off for Columbus Day. However, there are signs of an ASV on Columbus Day, suggesting that there is a large minority of schools (about 20% to 40% of all schools) that do have school on that day.
I wish I could sig this.
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