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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no point in having school on Christmas or New Year's. Too many teachers and students would not show up. It would be a useless day just like the days tacked on at the end. And that's also an issue for the Jewish holidays. I don't understand why anyone is proposing this as a solution.[/quote]

Winter break can still be winter break. Get rid of Good Friday and Easter Monday. Yes I know “state requirement” but that’s a bill I could support — making those available for makeup days. [/quote]

Agreed!  I grew up Catholic in a very Catholic community in the northeast and I don't remember Easter Monday being a thing that we observed.  Certainly not to the point of needing a school day off.  And if they removed Good Friday it would allow for more flexibility in the timing of spring break.  
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Why not eliminate most religious holidays and allow them to be treated as excused absences, and provide that any students who take off the day to observe won't be penalized in terms of missing work? [/b] [/quote]

I mean that's fine except most religious holidays on the calendar are for Jewish and Christian holidays and there will be massive absences among both teachers and students on those days. I can't imagine those days would be more meaningful than tacking on makeup days at the end of the calendar[/quote]

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