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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Eliminate Rosh Hoshana, Eid and Yom Kippur as holidays? [/b] They are not state-mandated holidays and serve a very small percentage of the student population.

Businesses don't close to let their employees off for those days and I know Jewish people who work those days because they don't want to take the vacation days.  It seems odd that MCPS closes for those days.[/quote]

Two of the four options do that. Does that mean that you favor those two options? Then you should tell the BoE that.

(Easter Monday and Easter Friday, in contrast, serve a very small percentage of the student population but are state-mandated holidays. Why?)[/quote]

Um, because most people celebrate Easter (even if only in a secular way) and they enjoy traveling for spring break. The Jewish and Muslim holidays that fall on random days during the week don't lend themselves to vacation breaks. [/quote]

They can travel for spring break without state-mandated school closings for religious holidays.[/quote]

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