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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

It makes the most sense to align it with the end of 3rd quarter, honestly. Then it's fixed. Ideally winter break could align with the end of the semester, but there's SO much history tying it to Christmas nationwide I think you'd have to move the whole calendar to make that happen.[/quote]
At this point it's not even about tying it to Christmas but matching the same time that all your family and relatives have off from work and school, even those in other parts of the country and much of the world.  That's the week my work is shut down. That's the week that work slows down for my husband and he can take time off. That's the week that cousins are available for a visit.  It's a time the whole country steps back. You can't just randomly choose a different set of weeks.[/quote]

Exactly!!

Culturally in the US (religion aside) the week from just before Christmas through January 2nd is the week to 10 days that the entire nation collectively takes a break, shuts down and celebrates with family.

If you don't like it, there are plenty of countries that do this at other times of the year.

It is amazing that anyone is trying to argue against closing schools that week.

Even in culturally diverse Fairfax County, 80% or more of the population celebrates Christmas, likely higher when you include completely secular households.

There would be almost no teachers, virtually no school support staff or bus drivers (majority hispanics, so likely Christian Catholics) and fewer than 20% of the students in attendance the week of Christmas.

Anyone saying that FCPS should decouple winter break from Christmas is a completely unserious, culturally illiterate troll.[/quote]

Great summary![/quote]

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