<p>Judging from the comments, they may now get a petition to accommodate more holidays including the Lunar New Year. </p>
<p>They could have avoided the whole controversy by having a completely neutral school calendar that says “Class will begin on the third Thursday in September every year”. But it seems they’ve changed move-in day in the past at Berkeley to accommodate Ramadan and now changing the calendar to accommodate the Jewish holidays, they open themselves up to having to accommodate everyone to avoid charges of discrimination. Legally, the numbers of those who are being discriminated against makes no difference. </p>
<p>To open the school earlier to avoid the holidays would mean opening the dorms and cafeterias earlier, with more worker hours and consequent pay issues.</p>