Earlier start date proposed for MCPS

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are census numbers.

What US Census numbers are there on religion in Montgomery County? Could you please provide a link to these numbers?

Not that poster, but evidently the Wash Post Magazine had a religious demographics breakdown recently for each county. My husband said that the Jewish population in MoCo was around 11%. Muslim was 1%. The 11% seemed really low to me, but after we considered how much MoCo has changed since the 1970s with an explosion of population from other cultures, we decided it was reasonable.

[Anonymous]

Why is everyone focusing on the days off for Jewish holidays (which is a religion practiced by 10% or more of the population ) rather than the addition of a Muslim holiday which had never been done before and which is a smaller percentage of the population?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are census numbers.

What US Census numbers are there on religion in Montgomery County? Could you please provide a link to these numbers?

Not that poster, but evidently the Wash Post Magazine had a religious demographics breakdown recently for each county. My husband said that the Jewish population in MoCo was around 11%. Muslim was 1%. The 11% seemed really low to me, but after we considered how much MoCo has changed since the 1970s with an explosion of population from other cultures, we decided it was reasonable.

Link, please?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is everyone focusing on the days off for Jewish holidays (which is a religion practiced by 10% or more of the population ) rather than the addition of a Muslim holiday which had never been done before and which is a smaller percentage of the population?

Because the issue is whether and why MCPS closes for religious holidays. Some examples of religious holidays: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Eid al-Adha, Christmas, Easter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are census numbers.

What US Census numbers are there on religion in Montgomery County? Could you please provide a link to these numbers?

Not that poster, but evidently the Wash Post Magazine had a religious demographics breakdown recently for each county. My husband said that the Jewish population in MoCo was around 11%. Muslim was 1%. The 11% seemed really low to me, but after we considered how much MoCo has changed since the 1970s with an explosion of population from other cultures, we decided it was reasonable.

Link, please?

I wish I could provide a link. I searched the Post website and can't find it. My DH told me he read it a few weeks ago, but doesn't remember exactly which issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are census numbers.

What US Census numbers are there on religion in Montgomery County? Could you please provide a link to these numbers?

Not that poster, but evidently the Wash Post Magazine had a religious demographics breakdown recently for each county. My husband said that the Jewish population in MoCo was around 11%. Muslim was 1%. The 11% seemed really low to me, but after we considered how much MoCo has changed since the 1970s with an explosion of population from other cultures, we decided it was reasonable.

Link, please?

I wish I could provide a link. I searched the Post website and can't find it. My DH told me he read it a few weeks ago, but doesn't remember exactly which issue.

Here's something from the Post magazine a few weeks ago, but it's statewide data rather than just Montgomery County:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/washington-not-as-godless-as-some-say-it-is/2015/11/18/100205fc-8d68-11e5-baf4-bdf37355da0c_graphic.html

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If professional leave is granted...won;t lots of teachers take it? Will there be enough subs? Seems like a very low learning day to me!

Allegedly few teachers attend the conference.

Isn't it in Ocean City every year? Not everybody can drive 3 hours for a conference.

There are also local county-level sub-conferences that are more heavily attended. I suspect that they will be swamped this year as MCPS is footing the bill for a professional day.

This. I go to these every year, for my subject. I guess I'll just have to start writing sub plans for it.

It is my experience in 4 different schools throughout the county that no one goes to a conference on this day. They take it as a free day off. In Howard County, teachers are required to go to a professional conference or work in the building on this day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was a time all Maryland Public schools started AFTER Labor Day. Why do they need so many professional days after the start of the school year? Couldn't all the training take place before the kids start school to eliminate the need to keep inching the start date further into August? Seriously, why do they need a professional day on September 12th?

They don't need one. It is a Muslim holiday, Eid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are census numbers.

What US Census numbers are there on religion in Montgomery County? Could you please provide a link to these numbers?

Not that poster, but evidently the Wash Post Magazine had a religious demographics breakdown recently for each county. My husband said that the Jewish population in MoCo was around 11%. Muslim was 1%. The 11% seemed really low to me, but after we considered how much MoCo has changed since the 1970s with an explosion of population from other cultures, we decided it was reasonable.

Link, please?

I wish I could provide a link. I searched the Post website and can't find it. My DH told me he read it a few weeks ago, but doesn't remember exactly which issue.

My DH was reading something online and told me that The county was 17% Jewish. I, too, have no link!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are census numbers.

What US Census numbers are there on religion in Montgomery County? Could you please provide a link to these numbers?

Not that poster, but evidently the Wash Post Magazine had a religious demographics breakdown recently for each county. My husband said that the Jewish population in MoCo was around 11%. Muslim was 1%. The 11% seemed really low to me, but after we considered how much MoCo has changed since the 1970s with an explosion of population from other cultures, we decided it was reasonable.

Link, please?

I wish I could provide a link. I searched the Post website and can't find it. My DH told me he read it a few weeks ago, but doesn't remember exactly which issue.

My DH was reading something online and told me that The county was 17% Jewish. I, too, have no link!

No way is MC 17% Jewish. Maybe in certain parts in Rockville/Bethesda/Potomac but there is maybe a few % at most in up-country and more northern sections of Silver Spring, Derwood, Damascas.

[Anonymous]

NP here:

2010 estimates:
Jewish: 16,864 + 6,075 + 5,600 = 28,539 adherents. I'm not sure how children are being counted or if they are being counted at all. I would assume that children who have not been confirmed or had their Bar/Bat Mitzvah (or religious equivalent in other faiths) would not be in the official counts.

http://www.city-data.com/county/religion/Montgomery-County-MD.html

There is a footnote at the very bottom of the page that lists the sources of data.

2010 census population: 971,777. (2014 estimate is just over 1 million)

28,500 / 970,000 = 3%. Again, I don't know if children are being counted as an adherent.


The 17% that someone references above is in the link by Conservative Judaism. No idea what that means. I know it's not the percent of people of any faith who are Jewish, as Catholic is 122%.

[Anonymous]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jews

This says over 11%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here:

2010 estimates:
Jewish: 16,864 + 6,075 + 5,600 = 28,539 adherents. I'm not sure how children are being counted or if they are being counted at all. I would assume that children who have not been confirmed or had their Bar/Bat Mitzvah (or religious equivalent in other faiths) would not be in the official counts.

http://www.city-data.com/county/religion/Montgomery-County-MD.html

There is a footnote at the very bottom of the page that lists the sources of data.

2010 census population: 971,777. (2014 estimate is just over 1 million)

28,500 / 970,000 = 3%. Again, I don't know if children are being counted as an adherent.


The 17% that someone references above is in the link by Conservative Judaism. No idea what that means. I know it's not the percent of people of any faith who are Jewish, as Catholic is 122%.

This chart doesn't make any sense

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NP here:

2010 estimates:
Jewish: 16,864 + 6,075 + 5,600 = 28,539 adherents. I'm not sure how children are being counted or if they are being counted at all. I would assume that children who have not been confirmed or had their Bar/Bat Mitzvah (or religious equivalent in other faiths) would not be in the official counts.

http://www.city-data.com/county/religion/Montgomery-County-MD.html

There is a footnote at the very bottom of the page that lists the sources of data.

2010 census population: 971,777. (2014 estimate is just over 1 million)

28,500 / 970,000 = 3%. Again, I don't know if children are being counted as an adherent.


The 17% that someone references above is in the link by Conservative Judaism. No idea what that means. I know it's not the percent of people of any faith who are Jewish, as Catholic is 122%.

This chart doesn't make any sense

Just read the # of Adherents, not the percents. Catholic Church is listed on 2 different lines (2000 and 2010). You can easily sort by alpha on religion, rather than the default of number of adherents.

[Anonymous]

I know this is hard data to get, but what I would be interested to know isn't just how many Jews, Catholics, Muslims, etc. are in Montgomery County, but how many are in MCPS.

There are many religious school options for Catholic, Christian, and Jewish students in Montgomery County. Most of the observant Jews I know use private religious schools. This is going to bring down the % of kids in public schools even if they are county residents.

On the other hand, I am not aware of a single private religious option for Muslim students, which will push up their representation in MCPS.