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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe Diwali?

Before I moved, students and teachers who celebrated holidays were given religious leave rather than the entire county shutting down. I wonder why they don’t do this in MCPS (for all non government mandatedholidays like the upcoming Eid, Yom Kippur/rosh hashanah, etc…). The MCPS calendar tries to take too many things into account. [/quote]

They have teacher work days as well and try to coincide them with religious holidays for convenience. When a child takes a day off for a religious holiday, they have to make up the work missed during the same time that they have to do the regular work. This can run into tests and quizzes, complicating making up work even more, and they may not have enough time to make up the work before the quiz testing it. Moreover, because they missed class time, they also missed the instruction. Now, imagine they even got sick and had a day off for that sometime before the holiday! It can become a grade-altering event to take the day off for the religious holiday. As a result, they may choose to not take the religious holiday. Since some holidays are mandated by law, this creates systemic discrimination.[/quote]

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