PSA- Diwali day off date change

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Anonymous wrote:Religious holiday closures are a failed experiment. Give all students and staff 2 personal holidays. If you want to ensure operational efficacy have them be payable if they don’t get used.

+1. The only winner of this experiment is Syphax. Syphax gets a paid holiday for every single one of these holidays. They want more holidays on the schedule.

This is so true.

I have heard that it can be an issue with getting bus drivers and that's one that's difficult to find adequate subs.

Based on a school board meeting I watched, most APS bus drivers are a different religion than those recognized with school closer days by APS (I believe most are Orthodox Christians). According to one bus driver testimony, they have to work during their most sacred day of the year.

The thing with the drivers was really unfair.

APS treats its bus drivers like second class citizens.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Religious holiday closures are a failed experiment. Give all students and staff 2 personal holidays. If you want to ensure operational efficacy have them be payable if they don’t get used.

+1. The only winner of this experiment is Syphax. Syphax gets a paid holiday for every single one of these holidays. They want more holidays on the schedule.

This is so true.

I have heard that it can be an issue with getting bus drivers and that's one that's difficult to find adequate subs.

Based on a school board meeting I watched, most APS bus drivers are a different religion than those recognized with school closer days by APS (I believe most are Orthodox Christians). According to one bus driver testimony, they have to work during their most sacred day of the year.

The thing with the drivers was really unfair.

Yes, but APS bends to Muslims more than orthodox Christians, it gets them more woke points.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh wish I had seen this sooner. Just earlier today I rescheduled a group meeting proposed for 10/21 because of the school closure. It would have been nice if there had been a more publicized announcement about the change.

It’s like APS is totally ignorant to the fact that parents rely on the school calendar for scheduling things like work, doctor’s appts, etc. The least they could do is clearly announce it. I just went back and found it buried in an “other news” section at the bottom of the Friday 5 where it reads like a reminder there is no school on Diwali as opposed to highlighting the date change. It reads as if they wanted to downplay it after the school board vote re: the EID change.

I agree. And this was a month after the school board made the change. Any calendar change deserves a separate email with the change in the subject line. But they repeatedly bury changes at the bottom of long emails. Why?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Religious holiday closures are a failed experiment. Give all students and staff 2 personal holidays. If you want to ensure operational efficacy have them be payable if they don’t get used.

+1. The only winner of this experiment is Syphax. Syphax gets a paid holiday for every single one of these holidays. They want more holidays on the schedule.

This is so true.

I have heard that it can be an issue with getting bus drivers and that's one that's difficult to find adequate subs.

Based on a school board meeting I watched, most APS bus drivers are a different religion than those recognized with school closer days by APS (I believe most are Orthodox Christians). According to one bus driver testimony, they have to work during their most sacred day of the year.

The thing with the drivers was really unfair.

Yes, but APS bends to Muslims more than orthodox Christians, it gets them more woke points.

There have to be more Orthodox Christians than Muslims in APS. Staff and students. And definitely more of either than Hindus. APS' choice of religious holidays doesn't make any sense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Religious holiday closures are a failed experiment. Give all students and staff 2 personal holidays. If you want to ensure operational efficacy have them be payable if they don’t get used.

+1. The only winner of this experiment is Syphax. Syphax gets a paid holiday for every single one of these holidays. They want more holidays on the schedule.

This is so true.

I have heard that it can be an issue with getting bus drivers and that's one that's difficult to find adequate subs.

Based on a school board meeting I watched, most APS bus drivers are a different religion than those recognized with school closer days by APS (I believe most are Orthodox Christians). According to one bus driver testimony, they have to work during their most sacred day of the year.

The thing with the drivers was really unfair.

Yes, but APS bends to Muslims more than orthodox Christians, it gets them more woke points.

There have to be more Orthodox Christians than Muslims in APS. Staff and students. And definitely more of either than Hindus. APS' choice of religious holidays doesn't make any sense.

Exactly but as we saw with the Eid debacle the Muslim community has a direct line to Duran

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Religious holiday closures are a failed experiment. Give all students and staff 2 personal holidays. If you want to ensure operational efficacy have them be payable if they don’t get used.

+1. The only winner of this experiment is Syphax. Syphax gets a paid holiday for every single one of these holidays. They want more holidays on the schedule.

This is so true.

I have heard that it can be an issue with getting bus drivers and that's one that's difficult to find adequate subs.

Based on a school board meeting I watched, most APS bus drivers are a different religion than those recognized with school closer days by APS (I believe most are Orthodox Christians). According to one bus driver testimony, they have to work during their most sacred day of the year.

The thing with the drivers was really unfair.

Yes, but APS bends to Muslims more than orthodox Christians, it gets them more woke points.

There have to be more Orthodox Christians than Muslims in APS. Staff and students. And definitely more of either than Hindus. APS' choice of religious holidays doesn't make any sense.

We have a lot of Orthodox Christians (Ethiopians) and Muslims (many countries of origin), only a sprinkling of Hindus and Jews (most of whom are minimally observant like my spouse).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Religious holiday closures are a failed experiment. Give all students and staff 2 personal holidays. If you want to ensure operational efficacy have them be payable if they don’t get used.

+1. The only winner of this experiment is Syphax. Syphax gets a paid holiday for every single one of these holidays. They want more holidays on the schedule.

This is so true.

I have heard that it can be an issue with getting bus drivers and that's one that's difficult to find adequate subs.

Based on a school board meeting I watched, most APS bus drivers are a different religion than those recognized with school closer days by APS (I believe most are Orthodox Christians). According to one bus driver testimony, they have to work during their most sacred day of the year.

The thing with the drivers was really unfair.

Yes, but APS bends to Muslims more than orthodox Christians, it gets them more woke points.

There have to be more Orthodox Christians than Muslims in APS. Staff and students. And definitely more of either than Hindus. APS' choice of religious holidays doesn't make any sense.

We have a lot of Orthodox Christians (Ethiopians) and Muslims (many countries of origin), only a sprinkling of Hindus and Jews (most of whom are minimally observant like my spouse).

So why does APS observe Hindu and Jewish holidays but not orthodox ones? It makes no sense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Religious holiday closures are a failed experiment. Give all students and staff 2 personal holidays. If you want to ensure operational efficacy have them be payable if they don’t get used.

+1. The only winner of this experiment is Syphax. Syphax gets a paid holiday for every single one of these holidays. They want more holidays on the schedule.

This is so true.

I have heard that it can be an issue with getting bus drivers and that's one that's difficult to find adequate subs.

Based on a school board meeting I watched, most APS bus drivers are a different religion than those recognized with school closer days by APS (I believe most are Orthodox Christians). According to one bus driver testimony, they have to work during their most sacred day of the year.

The thing with the drivers was really unfair.

Yes, but APS bends to Muslims more than orthodox Christians, it gets them more woke points.

There have to be more Orthodox Christians than Muslims in APS. Staff and students. And definitely more of either than Hindus. APS' choice of religious holidays doesn't make any sense.

We have a lot of Orthodox Christians (Ethiopians) and Muslims (many countries of origin), only a sprinkling of Hindus and Jews (most of whom are minimally observant like my spouse).

So why does APS observe Hindu and Jewish holidays but not orthodox ones? It makes no sense.

Virtue signaling, wokeness, equity . . . Pick a reason any reason.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What's Diwali?

5 day “Festival of Lights” holiday for many religions with South Asian roots.

https://www.britannica.com/video/Diwali-festival-significance-traditions/-283960

It’s created throughout the Desi diaspora and in the U.S., four states with large Desi populations recognize it as a state holiday.

I am not Desi and don’t practice any of the religions that celebrate it, but I lived down the street from an Indian family for nearly 30 years. It meant a lot to their kids to have a day of school both for practical reasons and as recognition that their culture mattered.

Diwali is a Hindu festival. While other South Asian religions (Jainism, Sikhism) celebrate a festival on the day, they do not celebrate “Diwali”.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Religious holiday closures are a failed experiment. Give all students and staff 2 personal holidays. If you want to ensure operational efficacy have them be payable if they don’t get used.

+1. The only winner of this experiment is Syphax. Syphax gets a paid holiday for every single one of these holidays. They want more holidays on the schedule.

This is so true.

I have heard that it can be an issue with getting bus drivers and that's one that's difficult to find adequate subs.

Based on a school board meeting I watched, most APS bus drivers are a different religion than those recognized with school closer days by APS (I believe most are Orthodox Christians). According to one bus driver testimony, they have to work during their most sacred day of the year.

The thing with the drivers was really unfair.

Yes, but APS bends to Muslims more than orthodox Christians, it gets them more woke points.

There have to be more Orthodox Christians than Muslims in APS. Staff and students. And definitely more of either than Hindus. APS' choice of religious holidays doesn't make any sense.

We have a lot of Orthodox Christians (Ethiopians) and Muslims (many countries of origin), only a sprinkling of Hindus and Jews (most of whom are minimally observant like my spouse).

So why does APS observe Hindu and Jewish holidays but not orthodox ones? It makes no sense.

I think it’s pretty clear that they copied FCPS and have put zero thought into since. Especially now that they have formalized trying to get 180 insurrectional days plus 2 weeks at Christmas there is no room to add more days which is why the current board just sticks their fingers in the ears (and doesn’t bother to run for re-election lol)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Religious holiday closures are a failed experiment. Give all students and staff 2 personal holidays. If you want to ensure operational efficacy have them be payable if they don’t get used.

+1. The only winner of this experiment is Syphax. Syphax gets a paid holiday for every single one of these holidays. They want more holidays on the schedule.

This is so true.

I have heard that it can be an issue with getting bus drivers and that's one that's difficult to find adequate subs.

Based on a school board meeting I watched, most APS bus drivers are a different religion than those recognized with school closer days by APS (I believe most are Orthodox Christians). According to one bus driver testimony, they have to work during their most sacred day of the year.

The thing with the drivers was really unfair.

Yes, but APS bends to Muslims more than orthodox Christians, it gets them more woke points.

There have to be more Orthodox Christians than Muslims in APS. Staff and students. And definitely more of either than Hindus. APS' choice of religious holidays doesn't make any sense.

We have a lot of Orthodox Christians (Ethiopians) and Muslims (many countries of origin), only a sprinkling of Hindus and Jews (most of whom are minimally observant like my spouse).

So why does APS observe Hindu and Jewish holidays but not orthodox ones? It makes no sense.

I think it’s pretty clear that they copied FCPS and have put zero thought into since. Especially now that they have formalized trying to get 180 insurrectional days plus 2 weeks at Christmas there is no room to add more days which is why the current board just sticks their fingers in the ears (and doesn’t bother to run for re-election lol)

I didn’t realize we had formalized insurrectional days (: 180 days of protest?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Religious holiday closures are a failed experiment. Give all students and staff 2 personal holidays. If you want to ensure operational efficacy have them be payable if they don’t get used.

+1. The only winner of this experiment is Syphax. Syphax gets a paid holiday for every single one of these holidays. They want more holidays on the schedule.

This is so true.

I have heard that it can be an issue with getting bus drivers and that's one that's difficult to find adequate subs.

Based on a school board meeting I watched, most APS bus drivers are a different religion than those recognized with school closer days by APS (I believe most are Orthodox Christians). According to one bus driver testimony, they have to work during their most sacred day of the year.

The thing with the drivers was really unfair.

Yes, but APS bends to Muslims more than orthodox Christians, it gets them more woke points.

Seems inequitable to recognize Jewish and Hindu holidays but not Orthodox holidays. There are so many more Orthodox in APS.

There have to be more Orthodox Christians than Muslims in APS. Staff and students. And definitely more of either than Hindus. APS' choice of religious holidays doesn't make any sense.

We have a lot of Orthodox Christians (Ethiopians) and Muslims (many countries of origin), only a sprinkling of Hindus and Jews (most of whom are minimally observant like my spouse).

So why does APS observe Hindu and Jewish holidays but not orthodox ones? It makes no sense.

Virtue signaling, wokeness, equity . . . Pick a reason any reason.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Religious holiday closures are a failed experiment. Give all students and staff 2 personal holidays. If you want to ensure operational efficacy have them be payable if they don’t get used.

+1. The only winner of this experiment is Syphax. Syphax gets a paid holiday for every single one of these holidays. They want more holidays on the schedule.

This is so true.

I have heard that it can be an issue with getting bus drivers and that's one that's difficult to find adequate subs.

Based on a school board meeting I watched, most APS bus drivers are a different religion than those recognized with school closer days by APS (I believe most are Orthodox Christians). According to one bus driver testimony, they have to work during their most sacred day of the year.

The thing with the drivers was really unfair.

Yes, but APS bends to Muslims more than orthodox Christians, it gets them more woke points.

There have to be more Orthodox Christians than Muslims in APS. Staff and students. And definitely more of either than Hindus. APS' choice of religious holidays doesn't make any sense.

We have a lot of Orthodox Christians (Ethiopians) and Muslims (many countries of origin), only a sprinkling of Hindus and Jews (most of whom are minimally observant like my spouse).

So why does APS observe Hindu and Jewish holidays but not orthodox ones? It makes no sense.

Virtue signaling, wokeness, equity . . . Pick a reason any reason.

Seems inequitable to recognize Jewish and Hindu holidays, but not Orthodox holidays when there are alot more Orthodox in APS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Religious holiday closures are a failed experiment. Give all students and staff 2 personal holidays. If you want to ensure operational efficacy have them be payable if they don’t get used.

+1. The only winner of this experiment is Syphax. Syphax gets a paid holiday for every single one of these holidays. They want more holidays on the schedule.

This is so true.

I have heard that it can be an issue with getting bus drivers and that's one that's difficult to find adequate subs.

Based on a school board meeting I watched, most APS bus drivers are a different religion than those recognized with school closer days by APS (I believe most are Orthodox Christians). According to one bus driver testimony, they have to work during their most sacred day of the year.

The thing with the drivers was really unfair.

Yes, but APS bends to Muslims more than orthodox Christians, it gets them more woke points.

There have to be more Orthodox Christians than Muslims in APS. Staff and students. And definitely more of either than Hindus. APS' choice of religious holidays doesn't make any sense.

We have a lot of Orthodox Christians (Ethiopians) and Muslims (many countries of origin), only a sprinkling of Hindus and Jews (most of whom are minimally observant like my spouse).

So why does APS observe Hindu and Jewish holidays but not orthodox ones? It makes no sense.

I think it’s pretty clear that they copied FCPS and have put zero thought into since. Especially now that they have formalized trying to get 180 insurrectional days plus 2 weeks at Christmas there is no room to add more days which is why the current board just sticks their fingers in the ears (and doesn’t bother to run for re-election lol)

Lawsuit waiting to happen.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Religious holiday closures are a failed experiment. Give all students and staff 2 personal holidays. If you want to ensure operational efficacy have them be payable if they don’t get used.

+1. The only winner of this experiment is Syphax. Syphax gets a paid holiday for every single one of these holidays. They want more holidays on the schedule.

This is so true.

I have heard that it can be an issue with getting bus drivers and that's one that's difficult to find adequate subs.

Based on a school board meeting I watched, most APS bus drivers are a different religion than those recognized with school closer days by APS (I believe most are Orthodox Christians). According to one bus driver testimony, they have to work during their most sacred day of the year.

The thing with the drivers was really unfair.

Yes, but APS bends to Muslims more than orthodox Christians, it gets them more woke points.

There have to be more Orthodox Christians than Muslims in APS. Staff and students. And definitely more of either than Hindus. APS' choice of religious holidays doesn't make any sense.

We have a lot of Orthodox Christians (Ethiopians) and Muslims (many countries of origin), only a sprinkling of Hindus and Jews (most of whom are minimally observant like my spouse).

So why does APS observe Hindu and Jewish holidays but not orthodox ones? It makes no sense.

Virtue signaling, wokeness, equity . . . Pick a reason any reason.

Seems inequitable to recognize Jewish and Hindu holidays, but not Orthodox holidays when there are alot more Orthodox in APS.

It is! Also, Orthodox Good Friday is April 10, 2026. There’s a scheduled grade prep day on Monday, April 13. If they actually cared they could have put that grade prep day on Friday, but they don’t.