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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think probably the stupidest thing in the world is closing but not saying the real reason you are closing. [/quote]

The real reason MCPS is closing is because there would be a lot of absences on that day if they didn't. Or do you think that MCPS celebrates Christmas?[/quote]

So what-- are they going to call it "high expected absence day" on the calendar?  [/quote]

Winter Break and Spring Break.  [/quote]

That is the perfect solution. Good for them![/quote]

Which, btw, is what DCPS and a zillion other districts around the country already do.

This is not news, people.[/quote]

Except that MCPS has additional days off that coincide with Jewish high holy days that other local school districts don't -- and they are not necessarily at the same time as the traditional winter break.  So while I agree that "winter break" and "spring break" are good terms for the days off that may have originated with Christmas and Easter, this doesn't really address the fact that in MoCo, we get Rosh Hashanna and Yom Kippur off too.  If those days coincide with Eid, why can't we just say that?  MCPS has already explained that there is an absence threshold for declaring a day off, so unless something changes substantially, we're not likely to get Eid off.  So just be honest about why these days have become days off.  Frankly, I don't really care one way or another, but I don't like the bashing of either Muslims or Jews over this...speaking as someone who is neither.[/quote]

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