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Yeshiva on chol hamoed generally is impractical – kashering a school or building a large scale sukkah typically are efforts and expenses that make things challenging. There is also the matter of some poskim concluding that there are some isurei melacha on chol hamoed which would add further challenges to school. Having said that, as a kid I actually did go to school on chol hamoed sukkos for limudei kodesh (like sundays) but the school determined it was impractical and stopped. Either way, lag baomer does not fall into this category. I think yeshivas should spend more time thinking of more thoughtful ways to help kids appreciate the significance of the day rather than full dismissal or trivial festivities. But that disrupts status quo do it’s unlikely any time soon to change…
@ujm what are you talking about? Lag Baomer is not a Yom Tov at all and not even on the level of Chol haMoed, where the Halacha is clear that melacha should be restricted to some extent. It only recently has become like a chag (historically it was a non-tachanun day and one with limited to no hespedim snd the like) and the avodah zara and zenus that takes place in Meiron is highly troubling. @the kneidle I agree with you that it’s strange to cancel school or dismiss early. I think there is value in making it a special day with special programming for the kids, but one that is more directly related to Rashbi, Torah and why it is important. It still can be fun, of course, but not the free for all it has become