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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nobody thinks spring break tied to Easter is a good idea.  I’m a devout Christian and dislike having that week as spring break.  We care about celebrating Easter which means we have to come home early for spring break so as to avoid traveling on Easter.   I think the problem with moving it is it’s harder to align with other jurisdictions.  ‘Everyone’ probably could agree that spring break should be at the end of the 3rd quarter, but different school systems have different dates for the end of the 3rd quarter.   Tying spring break to Easter makes to easier to align with neighboring jurisdictions.  [/quote]

Same. We're religious and traveled to family for Spring Break. I had to travel home on actual Easter instead of being able to spend it with family or attend Easter services. I would like Spring break to be any week but Easter week actually.

Why isn't Easter weekend the first weekend of Spring break?[/quote]

Decades ago, before every religious holiday was a day off, people fussed about Good Friday. Christians wanted it off but others said there shouldn't be religious holidays (Christmas is a federal holiday so that doesn't really come into play). FCPS thought they were being clever and declared that Spring Break would always be the week before Easter so they didn't have to decide one way or the other. It was a school holiday but not specifically for religious reasons.

Seems dumb now that they can just say "we close for all major religious holidays."[/quote]

The Christians didn't fuss or ask to have Good Friday off.

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