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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]"Obscure religious holidays" = "religious holidays I don't observe"[/quote]

No they are religious holidays that the government and work places do not observe. If everything else was closed on those days fine but somehow MCPS is special and needs to be the ONLY place closed on those days. [/quote]

In the survey MCPS did last year, 17% of staff said they would not be at work on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. They would not have enough substitutes for that number of people.[/quote]

I'm a teacher and I seriously doubt the validity of the reported % of staff that would be out on the Jewish High Holidays.

Only 22% of staff completed the survey.  I suspect that teachers who would not teach on the High Holidays would be more likely to take the time to fill out the survey than teachers who would be present those two days.  I wonder if there is an overrepresentation of such teachers and if the number is therefore skewed.

I believe MCPS should open on the Jewish Holidays and then there would be actual data that could be used to help create future calendars.
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Then a LOT of MCPS students would be missing. We are not Jewish but all but 2 of my eldest's friends are. And youngest has many Jewish friends too. It's a significant portion of the student body.[/quote]

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