Many LI students won't get midwinter break
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A majority of Long Island's weather-beaten school districts look likely to cancel traditional midwinter breaks -- providing crucial makeup classtime for hundreds of thousands of students.
Most school systems surveyed by Newsday plan to cancel three to five days of the weeklong February vacation, which is tied to Presidents Day and this year runs from Feb. 18 to 22. The aim is to make up the...
