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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Aren’t the calendar choices out there for us to vote on. And the calendar with the majority is the one they use. I mean you get the calendar three years in advance. How are you not planning ahead it’s not like you get the calendar month-to-month. If you don’t like it, then run for school board.[/quote]

Did you actually do the calendar survey? There was no option to vote against the ton of extra days added that only a small minority of the system needs off on. [/quote]

I for one am glad that our school system respects a good number of minority groups in similar measure to majority groups.[/quote]

I'd rather [b]the school system respect academics and sound operating principles[/b].  Feel free to celebrate your religion on your own time, but let the rest of us go to school. [/quote]

That's exactly what they're doing, you just don't care to see it.[/quote]

This isn’t true. There is no pedagogical backing for such a disruptive calendar and most early childhood education experts would agree.[/quote]

Holding school on a day which will disadvantage students of particular faiths is not respecting academics (or at best, it is only respecting academics for students not of that faith) and is certainly not a sound operating procedure.[/quote]

Then we certainly shouldn’t have any classes during the entire month of Ramadan. Or Good Friday.  Because that absolutely disadvantages students who fast.
 
And yet we do, and we expect students to muddle through and find ways to practice their faith even if it is difficult— in fact when its supposed to be difficult. So fasting for Yom Kippur should be somehow different?

No religious holidays. Again, I don’t even care about Christmas. Kids deserve a stable schedule especially in the early years when repetition is so important.[/quote]

Your firm belief that being in a public school classroom is better than being at home for a child makes me think you haven't been in a classroom. There is SO MUCH wasted time every day for every child, waiting for every other child's needs to be met. Learning at home, even informally, could be so much more meaningful. I say this as a parent of public school kids AND a MS teacher...the days kids spend out of school are every bit as important to their development as those in school, [b]except for those kids (and I know there are many) whose families cannot provide safety or a developmentally appropriate environment. [/b]I just think other parents need to know that the calendar is not harming most kids, and in fact gives them time outside of schedules and "teaching" that doesn't meet their needs anyway. Again, I realize public school is needed - and participate in it as a parent and an employee - but it is not the best thing for kids. [/quote]

But the calendar is harming some kids. And simply doing nothing for others. Keep your kids home for these developmentally important days you feel matter— there should be no penalty— but everyone else wants their kids in school.[/quote]

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