Why is There no School Next Year on Monday, October 20th?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you asking in May? Also,WHO CARES? This is why everyone hates MCPS parents.

It impacts parents who need to find childcare for a random holiday. Just like June 6th this year- it should have been removed instead of adding June 17th.

Not every religious holiday needs to shut down our county. Let those who celebrate have the day off.

The problem is finding coverage for those who take the day off. Like Yom Kippur, there are so many Jewish people employed by MCPS. You can't find enough substitutes for their classes.

3 of the 5 reliable subs for my school are Jewish. Outside of those five subs, you never know what you are going to get. Actually, that is not true: I usually get parent emails when I have someone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are only 180 days of school
Which means there are frequent days off and breaks.
Squabbling over not giving one religious holiday but should give another religious holiday is just a bad look. Seriously, the number of school days remains constant year to year.

The more days off the later in June the year ends. School should not go from August 26-June 22 or later.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The state law around Good Friday/Easter Monday is ridiculous. Let school districts choose what to do. But in the meantime stop complaining about the inconvenience of observing other holidays since Xmas, Good Friday and Easter Monday are literally written into state law.

It may shock you, but laws are able to be changed...

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