MoCo schools -- ok to miss the friday after rosh hashanah?

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MCPS teachers know to not assign HW or hold a test in conflict with all but the most minor Jewish holidays. The one time that I had a super frum kid, his parents gave me a calendar of days that he'd be out or unable to do computer hw in August and we worked around his needs. I appreciated their forethought, but it wasn't necessary --even the gentile kids remind teachers of the Jewish holidays so no one has HW or a test!

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Anonymous wrote:I am fairly certain more than 1 child will take a week off to go to Disney. You are fine.

This.
My very Catholic family just booked a trip to Disney World for those days to take advantage of the off school day.

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There are many days from different religions that MoCo does not have off but has designated as no test days..Chinese New Years i.e.

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Anonymous wrote:9/26 is the 2nd of Rosh Hashana. The schools are not closed for the holiday though. So many Jews will be out in observance of the second day. Your child will not be the only one absent.

This is true. My kids are ALWAYS out on the second day of Rosh Hashana. Of course, we go to shul. I would not keep them out just to let them stay home and do nothing (I know some parents who do this FWIW). It has never been an issue for us with the school.

I never went to school on Rosh Hashanah and also never ever went to temple then or on Yom Kippur. Those tickets are too expensive.

Tickets? You have to buy a ticket to get into a synagogue ?

Tickets are given to dues paying members.
Services for RH and YK usually happen only 1 x per day. Some shuls have 2 services on RH. But there is limited seating so not everyone in the community can be accommodated. If you pay to support the synagogue year round you get a seat. Services are about 3.5 hrs long. Unlike Christian services they are not held multiple times per day.

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Anonymous wrote:9/26 is the 2nd of Rosh Hashana. The schools are not closed for the holiday though. So many Jews will be out in observance of the second day. Your child will not be the only one absent.

This is true. My kids are ALWAYS out on the second day of Rosh Hashana. Of course, we go to shul. I would not keep them out just to let them stay home and do nothing (I know some parents who do this FWIW). It has never been an issue for us with the school.

I never went to school on Rosh Hashanah and also never ever went to temple then or on Yom Kippur. Those tickets are too expensive.

Tickets? You have to buy a ticket to get into a synagogue ?

Tickets are given to dues paying members.
Services for RH and YK usually happen only 1 x per day. Some shuls have 2 services on RH. But there is limited seating so not everyone in the community can be accommodated. If you pay to support the synagogue year round you get a seat. Services are about 3.5 hrs long. Unlike Christian services they are not held multiple times per day.

College campus Hillels have been holding free services for all (not just college students) for at least twenty-five years.