Back to school kicks off with one-day first week, Brooklyn parents and teachers peeved

Back to school kicks off with one-day first week, Brooklyn parents and teachers peeved

BY MIKE MCLAUGHLIN AND BEN CHAPMAN
DAILY NEWS WRITERS

Wednesday, September 8th 2010, 4:00 AM

The Jewish New Year holiday of RoshBrooklyn parents and teachers are ticked off this year's public school schedule requires kids to show up for classes Wednesday - and then take the following two days off.

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