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Why? Because we don’t need every religious holiday off. No secular country in the world gives so many religious holidays. Provide leave for teachers who celebrate (Sorry, but that’s actually quite generous already!) and allow kids to make up work. Yes, Christmas is over winter break. The majority of the county would take off so schools couldn’t be staffed and classrooms would be empty if they were staffed. Its also a federal holiday. [/quote]

Well unfortunately staffing is now a huge issue. So if 2,000 teachers took over for  the Jewish holidays plus other people take off for sickness or other reasons it becomes an operational issue. So unless parents start volunteering to sub once a month then it is a problem to have school. There are so many vacancies already that they will need to cover. [/quote]

But Jewish teachers usually don't take the Jewish holidays off.  I'm a non-practicing Jew, so it doesn't matter for me, but I have had many practicing Jewish colleagues in FCPS over the past 25 years.  They taught on all high holy days without batting an eye.  There are many, many different religious holidays throughout the school year.  We really shouldn't be taking any of them off.  Celebrations can wait until the evening (or happen in the morning before school -- like on Ash Wednesday for Catholics).[/quote]

They didn’t take off because most didn’t know about religious leave and/or didn’t want to use personal. When I first started, I didn’t know I could take off using religious leave. Have taken off every year since. Every Jewish teacher at my school takes off for the Jewish holidays. [/quote]

+100, now that teachers know about it, many take it off. Almost all of the Jewish teachers took the days last year, at my school, now that they know they could take them off without using a personal day.[/quote]

If they were not important enough to use one of their personal days for they don’t seem that important. If I worked somewhere that did not celebrate Christmas then come help or high water I would be putting in a vacation day request for Christmas. [/quote]

Well that is probably because our society values (and has made federal holidays) out of Christian holidays. Please keep your opinion about how Jews celebrate their holidays to yourself.[/quote]

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