Public school students in New York City on Oct. 11 will be celebrating Italian Heritage Day and Indigenous People’s Day instead of Columbus Day, and Juneteenth will become a school holiday for the first time, the city’s education official announced Tuesday. In the 2021–2022 school year calendar released Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 11 was originally labelled as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. However, the Department of Education (DOE) sent out an update later, clarifying that the Columbus Day holiday will actually be renamed “Italian Heritage Day/Indigenous People’s Day.” “Italian Heritage Day/Indigenous People’s Day will celebrate the contributions and legacies of Italian Americans and recognize that Native people are the first inhabitants of the land that became our country,” a spokesperson for the department said in a statement. “By including these holidays on our calendar we are honoring the past, present, and future contributions of Indigenous communities and Italian Americans.” There won’t be any …