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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We certainly had a better education system when we only recognized Christian holidays. Even the reprobates at NYSE and CME take off Good Friday.

Lots of Muslim countries if you prefer that vibe.[/quote]

We don’t “recognize” Jewish holidays. We just have them off because there aren’t enough teachers to teach on those days.[/quote]

We have them off because not having them off would look bad.

When they pulled the original data Yom Kipur and Rosh Hashanah had better attendance than the statistical average attendance for the day of the week they fell on for each of the 5 years from which the data was pulled. Whereas for the Islamic holidays, the data was somewhat incomplete because several of the times for the 5 years the days fell during summer, a weekend, or a high day off (e.g. once was the last day of school and I believe another was the Friday before Memorial day weekend). However, the limited times the data was usable, the absentee rate was about twice the weekday average, suggesting there may be a justified reason to have the holidays off. If I remember correctly, Theravada New Year had staff numbers that justified having the day off.

The board knew the optics of giving off the Islamic holidays without giving off the Jewish holidays would be bad, therefore we get off both. [/quote]

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