No holiday today for Diwali
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Anonymous
| Hi All! Usually it was labeled as "Professional day". How come no holiday this year? Anyone know? |
Anonymous
We aren’t India. |
Anonymous
| Because the marking period ends tomorrow. |
Anonymous
This. But mostly isn’t because we don’t have the Indian population of, say, loudoun county which has a bunch of days off right now. |
Anonymous
Why would it need to be a holiday off of school? |
Anonymous
Why is Christmas? |
Anonymous
Because of the sheer number of people who have the legal right to take that day off for religious observation, which make is pointless to have the school building open. |
Anonymous
You’re stupid. Plain and simple. |
Anonymous
It's winter break, not Christmas. It's actually a pretty short break here in DMV in comparison to the rest of the US. |
Anonymous
+1 it's about the practicality. The only reason MCPS closes on a lot of the main Jewish holidays is because of the number of people who would be out, teachers and admin included. Easier just to close the school. Same for Christmas. And I'm not Jewish. I'm from CA, and when we first moved here and found out about the Jewish holiday closures, I could not understand why, until someone told me how many Jewish people live in MoCo. In CA where I'm from, we get a ski week off in February because of the number of families who pull their kids out of school to go skiing. |
Anonymous
Because state law requires it. |
Anonymous
We aren't Israel either but we had off for the high holy days for the Jewish community (called Professional Days). Particularly tone deaf since they gave off for the following Monday and Tuesday. I have friends in NY public schools who have the day off tomorrow for Diwali. |
Anonymous
This. And because there is already a day off Monday for grading and Tuesday for Election Day. |
Anonymous
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They do their best each year to fit these holidays in with the professional days in the calendar. Some years it works well (in terms of the holidays aligning with how the quarter unfolds) and sometimes it doesn't.
A PP is right that in our county, the Jewish holidays are prioritized in that process because of the sheer number of those observing. Essentially, the classes in many schools would have no content on those days due to either substitute teachers or so many vacant desks that teachers would choose not to cover new content. I'm none of these religions, and I personally am disappointed that we no longer get the day after halloween off! We got that for years! It's not religious, but a very practical day to not send kids to school! Everyone-- consider advocating for year round school and all of these could be accommodated!! (YRSchool doesn't necessarily have more instructional days than we currently have, but they are spread through summer with a few long breaks during the year rather than a long summer and then few holidays during the school year.) |
Anonymous
Because it falls during a scheduled break. Just liket this. Are you stupid? Or are you being deliberately obtuse? |