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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fcps serves over 180,000 students in over 400 schools. As is true in many places, ethnic and religious minorities have created sub communities which makes some schools have large numbers of students all from the same minority community. While not all schools would be affected by days like Yom Kippur or Diwali or Eid being in session, the reality is some schools *are* heavily affected and the district has those days off.

To be completely honest, FCPS could probably use being split into a few smaller districts that are able to be tailored to their unique populations a bit better but I also love the level of resources that come with a district of this size.

Also having religious holidays off is in no way bringing religion into the schools. They aren't teaching the doctrines of these days, they're literally just acknowledging that they exist and are important for some. [/quote]

LOL, stop pushing this operational reason angle.  There is no data that supports this or FPCS would trumpet it loud and clear.

Still wondering why libs want the public schools to acknowledge any religious holiday when they fought so hard to get religion out of schools.[/quote]

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