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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]

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]
They’d be better off transitioning to trimesters if they were serious about aligning long breaks with the end of a term. [/quote]

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