APS no school tomorrow (Wed Apr 10)

[Anonymous]

It's always fun seeing the bigots come out of the woodwork in posts like these.

Why is Christmas a federal holiday though, if we have separation of church and state? Maybe we should remove the fed holiday status then

Many of ya'll are really ignorant when it comes to the demographics of school's staff, which include a lot of Muslims. Maybe not as classroom teachers, but in SPED, assistants, cafeteria staff, bus drivers, janitorial staff, etc.

Function would be massively challenged if Eid were a regular school day. It's not just about the students and having an excused absence - it's about day to day school operations being able to function with so many staff being forced to take leave for a major holiday that, for some biased reason, was not declared a federal holiday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's always fun seeing the bigots come out of the woodwork in posts like these.

Why is Christmas a federal holiday though, if we have separation of church and state? Maybe we should remove the fed holiday status then

Many of ya'll are really ignorant when it comes to the demographics of school's staff, which include a lot of Muslims. Maybe not as classroom teachers, but in SPED, assistants, cafeteria staff, bus drivers, janitorial staff, etc.

Function would be massively challenged if Eid were a regular school day. It's not just about the students and having an excused absence - it's about day to day school operations being able to function with so many staff being forced to take leave for a major holiday that, for some biased reason, was not declared a federal holiday.

Again, we did fine for years without having Eid off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's always fun seeing the bigots come out of the woodwork in posts like these.

Why is Christmas a federal holiday though, if we have separation of church and state? Maybe we should remove the fed holiday status then

Many of ya'll are really ignorant when it comes to the demographics of school's staff, which include a lot of Muslims. Maybe not as classroom teachers, but in SPED, assistants, cafeteria staff, bus drivers, janitorial staff, etc.

Function would be massively challenged if Eid were a regular school day. It's not just about the students and having an excused absence - it's about day to day school operations being able to function with so many staff being forced to take leave for a major holiday that, for some biased reason, was not declared a federal holiday.

Again, we did fine for years without having Eid off.

Says who? Are you APS in-school staff?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's always fun seeing the bigots come out of the woodwork in posts like these.

Why is Christmas a federal holiday though, if we have separation of church and state? Maybe we should remove the fed holiday status then

Many of ya'll are really ignorant when it comes to the demographics of school's staff, which include a lot of Muslims. Maybe not as classroom teachers, but in SPED, assistants, cafeteria staff, bus drivers, janitorial staff, etc.

Function would be massively challenged if Eid were a regular school day. It's not just about the students and having an excused absence - it's about day to day school operations being able to function with so many staff being forced to take leave for a major holiday that, for some biased reason, was not declared a federal holiday.

Why couldn’t today be a grading day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's always fun seeing the bigots come out of the woodwork in posts like these.

Why is Christmas a federal holiday though, if we have separation of church and state? Maybe we should remove the fed holiday status then

Many of ya'll are really ignorant when it comes to the demographics of school's staff, which include a lot of Muslims. Maybe not as classroom teachers, but in SPED, assistants, cafeteria staff, bus drivers, janitorial staff, etc.

Function would be massively challenged if Eid were a regular school day. It's not just about the students and having an excused absence - it's about day to day school operations being able to function with so many staff being forced to take leave for a major holiday that, for some biased reason, was not declared a federal holiday.

Why couldn’t today be a grading day?

Because school is not daycare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Spring break shouldn’t be connected to Easter.

And we shouldn’t have off for all of these various religious holidays. It’s all or none and I vote none.

Have flexibility around assignments/testing on those days, if absolutely necessary.

+1

Just because a bunch of humans thousands of years ago made up some stories about God and now people still identify with this based on where their ancestors are from (even though we all know deep down that even if there is a God, religion I just a bunch of made up malarkey) doesn’t mean my kids shouldn’t go to school today. A Wednesday off is so disruptive to the school week and can’t be made into a long weekend. My SN kid was really out of sorts this morning from the change in schedule and I had to pay nearly $500 out of pocket on camps in order to work because a holiday I don’t even celebrate.

I think I could stomach it better if it were cited as a staffing issue (for instance I know there have been bus driver shortages during orthodox Easter). Because then I’m being inconvenienced for a rational, statistical decision regarding school operations.

But being out a bunch of money and dealing with a morning kid meltdown so someone else can practice their religion (I am not religious so I do not seek any sort of inconvenience from others for this purpose) just grates.

And totally agree about separating SB and Easter. I also don’t want to pay higher airfare just so people can travel to take their family photos and post “He Is Risen” all over their FB feeds.

If people want a school year that acknowledges their religion then choose a religious based school. The end.

You're fine with accommodations due to staffing issues because of people observing their religious holidays, but not closing school for religious holidays because of staffing issues from people observing their religious holidays. Got it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's always fun seeing the bigots come out of the woodwork in posts like these.

Why is Christmas a federal holiday though, if we have separation of church and state? Maybe we should remove the fed holiday status then

Many of ya'll are really ignorant when it comes to the demographics of school's staff, which include a lot of Muslims. Maybe not as classroom teachers, but in SPED, assistants, cafeteria staff, bus drivers, janitorial staff, etc.

Function would be massively challenged if Eid were a regular school day. It's not just about the students and having an excused absence - it's about day to day school operations being able to function with so many staff being forced to take leave for a major holiday that, for some biased reason, was not declared a federal holiday.

Why couldn’t today be a grading day?

Because school is not daycare.

Huh? Grading days are non-school days. I think PP was suggesting making today a grading day because it's already a school holiday, instead of having today and yet another day off on Monday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's always fun seeing the bigots come out of the woodwork in posts like these.

Why is Christmas a federal holiday though, if we have separation of church and state? Maybe we should remove the fed holiday status then

Many of ya'll are really ignorant when it comes to the demographics of school's staff, which include a lot of Muslims. Maybe not as classroom teachers, but in SPED, assistants, cafeteria staff, bus drivers, janitorial staff, etc.

Function would be massively challenged if Eid were a regular school day. It's not just about the students and having an excused absence - it's about day to day school operations being able to function with so many staff being forced to take leave for a major holiday that, for some biased reason, was not declared a federal holiday.

Again, we did fine for years without having Eid off.

Says who? Are you APS in-school staff?

Yes, and I used to work at a school with a large Muslim population (staff and students) It never caused any critical staffing issues, no worse than an average Friday

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's always fun seeing the bigots come out of the woodwork in posts like these.

Why is Christmas a federal holiday though, if we have separation of church and state? Maybe we should remove the fed holiday status then

Many of ya'll are really ignorant when it comes to the demographics of school's staff, which include a lot of Muslims. Maybe not as classroom teachers, but in SPED, assistants, cafeteria staff, bus drivers, janitorial staff, etc.

Function would be massively challenged if Eid were a regular school day. It's not just about the students and having an excused absence - it's about day to day school operations being able to function with so many staff being forced to take leave for a major holiday that, for some biased reason, was not declared a federal holiday.

Why couldn’t today be a grading day?

Because school is not daycare.

Huh? Grading days are non-school days. I think PP was suggesting making today a grading day because it's already a school holiday, instead of having today and yet another day off on Monday.

Don't bother with the one trick pony. School is not daycare is the extent of their vocabulary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's always fun seeing the bigots come out of the woodwork in posts like these.

Why is Christmas a federal holiday though, if we have separation of church and state? Maybe we should remove the fed holiday status then

Many of ya'll are really ignorant when it comes to the demographics of school's staff, which include a lot of Muslims. Maybe not as classroom teachers, but in SPED, assistants, cafeteria staff, bus drivers, janitorial staff, etc.

Function would be massively challenged if Eid were a regular school day. It's not just about the students and having an excused absence - it's about day to day school operations being able to function with so many staff being forced to take leave for a major holiday that, for some biased reason, was not declared a federal holiday.

This bs is why I’m voting for Trump

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's always fun seeing the bigots come out of the woodwork in posts like these.

Why is Christmas a federal holiday though, if we have separation of church and state? Maybe we should remove the fed holiday status then

Many of ya'll are really ignorant when it comes to the demographics of school's staff, which include a lot of Muslims. Maybe not as classroom teachers, but in SPED, assistants, cafeteria staff, bus drivers, janitorial staff, etc.

Function would be massively challenged if Eid were a regular school day. It's not just about the students and having an excused absence - it's about day to day school operations being able to function with so many staff being forced to take leave for a major holiday that, for some biased reason, was not declared a federal holiday.

Why is Christmas a federal holiday and Eid is not? I don’t know- take it up with Congress. It’d be a lot easier to review if these religious closures were operationally appropriate, but APS refuses to collect that information. From where I sit, they are violating church and state left and right picking winners and losers based on feelings. It’s not a matter of “bigotry” but compliance with the First Amendment.

[Anonymous]

School in session - School out of session. Same result w/APS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's always fun seeing the bigots come out of the woodwork in posts like these.

Why is Christmas a federal holiday though, if we have separation of church and state? Maybe we should remove the fed holiday status then

Many of ya'll are really ignorant when it comes to the demographics of school's staff, which include a lot of Muslims. Maybe not as classroom teachers, but in SPED, assistants, cafeteria staff, bus drivers, janitorial staff, etc.

Function would be massively challenged if Eid were a regular school day. It's not just about the students and having an excused absence - it's about day to day school operations being able to function with so many staff being forced to take leave for a major holiday that, for some biased reason, was not declared a federal holiday.

Federal holiday Christmas is not religious, it's all the fun Pagan stuff plus excessive consumerism. Does Eid encourage non-religious families to whip out credit cards in Tysons? No, because Eid is only a religious holiday and was added to the school calendar to force it on everyone else, or to satisfy that Arlington urge to virtue signal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's always fun seeing the bigots come out of the woodwork in posts like these.

Why is Christmas a federal holiday though, if we have separation of church and state? Maybe we should remove the fed holiday status then

Many of ya'll are really ignorant when it comes to the demographics of school's staff, which include a lot of Muslims. Maybe not as classroom teachers, but in SPED, assistants, cafeteria staff, bus drivers, janitorial staff, etc.

Function would be massively challenged if Eid were a regular school day. It's not just about the students and having an excused absence - it's about day to day school operations being able to function with so many staff being forced to take leave for a major holiday that, for some biased reason, was not declared a federal holiday.

Yes, of course we should get rid of Christmas too. All or nothing. I vote nothing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Moving Spring Break to a random week while not aligning with other school districts (where teachers live) will go backwards in thought/teacher retention.

There's no reason APS can't talk to neighboring school districts.

I suspect that many teachers may actually appreciate the cheaper spring break airfare and lodging. Those with younger kids or with older than HS would likely appreciate the change.

+1

Agree on one fixed week. It’s stupid how much it fluctuates each year.