All these days off...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Haven't we always had Rosh Hashanah off? I did as a kid. Why would it be the school board's fault? Yes, the date changes every year, that's how it works.

My kid's at martial arts today. It's fine.

No. The School Board sets the calendar and recently added the unnecessary religious holidays.

Parents want their kids in school consistently, not randomly taking days off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, how dare non-Christians celebrate their holidays. Terrible.

Everyone is welcome to celebrate whatever holiday they want.

Let the rest of us go to school.

You don't really feel that way because you don't want to have school open on Christmas. You just want Christians to be special and have the calendar built around them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, how dare non-Christians celebrate their holidays. Terrible.

Everyone is welcome to celebrate whatever holiday they want.

Let the rest of us go to school.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, how dare non-Christians celebrate their holidays. Terrible.

Everyone is welcome to celebrate whatever holiday they want.

Let the rest of us go to school.

You don't really feel that way because you don't want to have school open on Christmas. You just want Christians to be special and have the calendar built around them.

When I lived in the Middle East, I worked on Christmas. I didn't expect them to stop everything for my holiday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, how dare non-Christians celebrate their holidays. Terrible.

Everyone is welcome to celebrate whatever holiday they want.

Let the rest of us go to school.

You don't really feel that way because you don't want to have school open on Christmas. You just want Christians to be special and have the calendar built around them.

Christmas is not a school holiday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:it sucks for ES but is great for HSers.

Not really.

High schoolers would much rather get out of school the end of May with fewer days off on the front end.

I teach high school. They are loving the calendar this year. A day a week to catch up on college apps, English essays, math homework, sleep.

It stresses me out from a planning perspective, but it doesn’t seem to bother the majority of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, how dare non-Christians celebrate their holidays. Terrible.

That’s the quiet part that OP won’t say out loud.

It’s a beautiful day, go outside and enjoy it with your kids.

Do you hear how privileged and out of touch you sound? I can't even wrap my head around you!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, how dare non-Christians celebrate their holidays. Terrible.

Everyone is welcome to celebrate whatever holiday they want.

Let the rest of us go to school.

Sure, then it's more logical to have winter break at end of Jan, end of second quarter. That's how Asians do it to sync with Lunar new year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:it sucks for ES but is great for HSers.

Not really.

High schoolers would much rather get out of school the end of May with fewer days off on the front end.

I teach high school. They are loving the calendar this year. A day a week to catch up on college apps, English essays, math homework, sleep.

It stresses me out from a planning perspective, but it doesn’t seem to bother the majority of them.

Also, out of touch! My HS junior would rather be done in May than have these random days off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, how dare non-Christians celebrate their holidays. Terrible.

Everyone is welcome to celebrate whatever holiday they want.

Let the rest of us go to school.

You don't really feel that way because you don't want to have school open on Christmas. You just want Christians to be special and have the calendar built around them.

When I lived in the Middle East, I worked on Christmas. I didn't expect them to stop everything for my holiday.

Christmas is a holiday in many Middle East countries. Let's not get carried away here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Haven't we always had Rosh Hashanah off? I did as a kid. Why would it be the school board's fault? Yes, the date changes every year, that's how it works.

My kid's at martial arts today. It's fine.

No. The School Board sets the calendar and recently added the unnecessary religious holidays.

Parents want their kids in school consistently, not randomly taking days off.

In all seriousness, has anyone brought this embarrassment of a calendar up with the School Board? This should be their priority quite frankly. We don't need to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, Diwali, Eid, Christmas, Kwanza, Lunar New Year and whatever other nonsense holiday they conjure up instead of educating our kids before June!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, how dare non-Christians celebrate their holidays. Terrible.

Everyone is welcome to celebrate whatever holiday they want.

Let the rest of us go to school.

Sure, then it's more logical to have winter break at end of Jan, end of second quarter. That's how Asians do it to sync with Lunar new year.

Go live in Asia then. Face it, the vast majority of people in America take time off at the end of the calendar year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, how dare non-Christians celebrate their holidays. Terrible.

That’s the quiet part that OP won’t say out loud.

It’s a beautiful day, go outside and enjoy it with your kids.

Do you hear how privileged and out of touch you sound? I can't even wrap my head around you!!

If you have time to troll on the internet, you have time to spend with your kids. Go touch some grass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Haven't we always had Rosh Hashanah off? I did as a kid. Why would it be the school board's fault? Yes, the date changes every year, that's how it works.

My kid's at martial arts today. It's fine.

No. The School Board sets the calendar and recently added the unnecessary religious holidays.

Parents want their kids in school consistently, not randomly taking days off.

In all seriousness, has anyone brought this embarrassment of a calendar up with the School Board? This should be their priority quite frankly. We don't need to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, Diwali, Eid, Christmas, Kwanza, Lunar New Year and whatever other nonsense holiday they conjure up instead of educating our kids before June!!!

They don't care. The School Board is only good a keeping kids out of school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Haven't we always had Rosh Hashanah off? I did as a kid. Why would it be the school board's fault? Yes, the date changes every year, that's how it works.

My kid's at martial arts today. It's fine.

No. The School Board sets the calendar and recently added the unnecessary religious holidays.

Parents want their kids in school consistently, not randomly taking days off.

In all seriousness, has anyone brought this embarrassment of a calendar up with the School Board? This should be their priority quite frankly. We don't need to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, Diwali, Eid, Christmas, Kwanza, Lunar New Year and whatever other nonsense holiday they conjure up instead of educating our kids before June!!!

The school board members are all leery liberal democrats who focus on the politics instead of education and safety. We need some moderate school board members elected, or even Republicans (gasp!) to balance out these school board members.