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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No religious holidays. Federal holidays only. Why is it so hard to understand it?

If teachers worked in some other workplace and were not teachers, that is what they would get - Federal holidays. They could use their leave days for religious holidays. [/quote]

So you still don’t understand that if a teacher isn’t watching the kids some one else has to? We can’t find subs to watch the children when the teachers are out on religious holiday.
Is it okay to stop bus service on religious holidays but still have school? We can’t find bus drivers either. Have school but not serve hot lunch?
As a teacher I like routine but I am so very tired of covering another class or having my assistant cover another class. If this were a day care our license would be revoked for lack of staffing. [/quote]

It isn't about teachers getting religious holidays off. It's about students having their religious holidays off to "celebrate" them with their families; and about appearing to be inclusive and respectful of everyone and everything. so once you give one religious holiday off, you have to go down the rabbit hole and recognize all of them or be accused of racism/anti-name your faith/privileged/etc  [/quote]

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