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I'll do a slightly different take. I grew up in a part of the US with a very high Jewish population, so the public schools got the Jewish high holidays off. I didn't realize the schools being closed for those days was unusual until I moved away.
I myself actually didn't know public places could "choose" their days off until later on, I always thought the days off were whatever the higher-ups said were the days off. Then I went somewhere where I'd be called in on holidays like Columbus Day and Labor Day while also sometimes people treated Leap Day like an event. And I was like "wait you can do that?"
I believe it was off by necessity. So many teachers would be taking the day off anyway, there just wouldn't be enough staff. A large amount of student would be taking the day off too.
Edit: My previous job and current both get the same federal holidays off per year. My previous job grouped them together. This created blocks like the Friday after thanksgiving and a week around Christmas. My current just takes them on the actual day.