Just noticed, Luther Jackson's back to school night is Yom Kippur

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The schools should be secular and not kowtow to religious holidays.

Fine. Christmas falls on a Friday this year. Perhaps kids should still have school on that day?

Fine! We would just skip that day then. NBD. Which is what OP should do. Skip B2SN, or go late, and CTFD.

[Anonymous]

Christian here. They should not have BTSN on Yom Kippur.

However, I have several calendars that have been sent to the house. It used to be that the Jewish holidays were on these calendars--along with the Christian holidays. I had to google to find the dates. When I did, it had Yom Kippur on the day before as well as the night in question.

What I don't get, is that FCPS should have anticipated this. Surely, there is someone who is responsible for this type of thing and should have sent out to the schools inappropriate dates for BTSN.

[Anonymous]

There is no reason BTS night has to on this specific date, there is no excuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Christian here. They should not have BTSN on Yom Kippur.

However, I have several calendars that have been sent to the house. It used to be that the Jewish holidays were on these calendars--along with the Christian holidays. I had to google to find the dates. When I did, it had Yom Kippur on the day before as well as the night in question.

What I don't get, is that FCPS should have anticipated this. Surely, there is someone who is responsible for this type of thing and should have sent out to the schools inappropriate dates for BTSN.

OP here. This is my gripe.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Just got a notice. It was an error. BTSN will now be on 9/30.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Just got a notice. It was an error. BTSN will now be on 9/30.

Well that was anticlimactic.

[Anonymous]

Yummy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Just got a notice. It was an error. BTSN will now be on 9/30.

Well that was anticlimactic.

[Anonymous]

Thank God. Does this mean the OP will finally give it a rest?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The schools should be secular and not kowtow to religious holidays.

Fine. Christmas falls on a Friday this year. Perhaps kids should still have school on that day?

Santa doesn't know Jesus

[Anonymous]

Why does everyone keep bringing up Christmas? It's in the middle of the winter holiday, plus it's a rather secular holiday in America. Santa, Christmas trees and Christmas lights have nothing to do with Jesus.

I have to work Good Friday every year. Religiously Easter is a much bigger deal than Christmas.

[Anonymous]

I am tired of winter break being on winter why can't we tell the weather be cold in July

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Christian here. They should not have BTSN on Yom Kippur.

However, I have several calendars that have been sent to the house. It used to be that the Jewish holidays were on these calendars--along with the Christian holidays. I had to google to find the dates. When I did, it had Yom Kippur on the day before as well as the night in question.

What I don't get, is that FCPS should have anticipated this. Surely, there is someone who is responsible for this type of thing and should have sent out to the schools inappropriate dates for BTSN.

The jewish day starts at sun down, so our holidays always begin the night before. Calendar makers handle this different ways, but that is the why of it. You Kippur is longer than 24 hours, so it really is both evenings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Just got a notice. It was an error. BTSN will now be on 9/30.

Or did they change it? Guess we'll never know...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Just got a notice. It was an error. BTSN will now be on 9/30.

Or did they change it? Guess we'll never know...

Upon realizing the error they will change it to 9/30