(CBC) On Monday, like every other year after a month of fasting for Ramadan, Hikma Musa will skip class to celebrate Eid al-Fitr.
She is among many students at Brooks Composite High School who are marked absent while they are with family and friends celebrating the Islamic holiday.
About one-third of students at the school are Muslim, and each year, unless their parents call in, attending celebrations affects their attendance.
But that will change for Musa’s final year of high school, thanks to the advocacy work of students and administrators at the school in Brooks, Alta., which is about 185 kilometres southeast of Calgary.
Next year, all students enrolled in the Grasslands Public Schools district will have a day off for Eid al-Fitr.
