Yay! Another religious holiday!

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10/25/2022 11:14

Subject: Yay! Another religious holiday!

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Anonymous wrote:We've had 3 (4?) religious holidays so far this year... and endless more to come.

Liberals fought hard to remove any entanglement between public school and Christian religion, now these hypocrites can't add enough religious holidays to the schedule.

Wish my kids were in school and learning. Wish the School Board even cared about that.

Maybe you should send your kid to private. Homeschooling is also an option.

Maybe Public Schools should have a sensible schedule. I don't think that we have a month left this year were the kids have a full week of school every week. We have a few were there is only one short week but most have 2-3 weeks that are off or shortened. Say what you will about diversity but many kids need a more stable schedule.

Between Teacher Workdays and Religious holidays and Federal Holidays the kids are out of school in a way that is disruptive. Something needs to change. And yes, I filled out the survey. And I have looked at the survey results and it sure as hell looks to me like most parents are not happy with the schedule.

Actually, the first 3 weeks in December are full weeks.

And then time off so not a full month of school. The Winter Holiday is normal but the disruptions in September and October are new. January and February are traditionally a mess because it is near impossible to get back into a routine due to the various Federal Holidays and then snow days. Now we are extending that with extra days off in April.

The fall used to be reasonably stable but no more.

A complete mess.

My kid is fine but he doesn't have any issues and is chill and goes with the flow well. My friends kid with anxiety and ADHD is having issues with refusal this year because of all the disruptions. I can only imagine the trouble that kids with executive functioning issues are having because there are consistent changes to schedules.

It is unnecessary. Make these days O days where there are no tests or homework or assignments due. Let people who want to miss, miss without punishment, but stop disrupting the routines that are needed for lots of kids.

And if your high school kid needs the extra time to do the work and is stressed about the work load, revisit your kids workload.

Of course you assume that the 2 week "Winter Holiday is normal" because it is the one that works for you. O days were a mess last year, which is why they aren't doing them again.

Yeah, im muslim and having random 2 weeks off at the end of December is totally stupid and unnecessary for me. the weather is terrible, id rather have a longer break in spring/fall when the weather is nicer but there is a major religious holiday that most ppl celebrate and take off for so I think its fine to accommodate them. T. Jefferson had a huge role in shaping how this country was going to look, he planned for this- hindus and muslims and jews and all sorts of others will come here and they'll make this country a roaring success which.. it is compared to everywhere else. Look around you... and dont tell me EU.. EU had 3 devastating wars that they have recovered from b/c of massive mount of remittances from European immigrants who moved here and took office and helped them on a federal level. Those constant wars also taught them some hard lessons in resiliency and we should be thankful we haven't had to learn those lessons.

I grew up in a town that was 90% Catholic, and let me tell you, two weeks for winter break was not normal. Us kids were in school until Dec. 23. You got off starting Dec. 24, and then came back Jan. 2. I think the difference is (and I say this without judgment) that we didn't have a lot of rich families looking to take vacations.