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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of my favorite things in life is watching people purposefully have kids then complaining about the scheduling/planning issues that come with having kids. Almost as if they were forced into parenthood.

Like sorry Karen, I guess no one warned you that having 3 kids while you and Chad both work 9-5s that can barely financially support the 5 of you financially may come with obstacles.

But I digress, much easier for parents to moan and complain than to adapt and overcome. [/quote]

Imagine if FCPS adopted the (majority of) Colorado school schedule... 7.5 hour days, 4 days a week, 144 days a year.

HOW WOULD ANYONE SURVIVE?![/quote]

If it were standard and expected, people and the community would adapt. It's the uncertainty that is burdening people so much.  If we all knew going into our children's school years that it would be M-TH or Monday Tuesday, Thursday Friday people would plan for that. Employers would all know and they would likewise plan around it the same way we all currently know that there is no school on Saturdays or Sundays.

There would be workplaces that gave the option to work Saturdays because some people could work that day and their spouse work the Friday or Wednesday that kids were off. There would be private supplemental daycare places, businesses that offer martial arts or academics that would be open those days.  Parents might get together and form co-ops to support each other with that one day a week off with babysitting and homework supervision and social time.

Again, the uncertainty and it changing one year to the next is the issue.[/quote]

There’s nothing uncertain about our current calendar. It’s been set for years, including the days off.[/quote]

What day is the Muslim holiday that is only known when some random dude sees the Moon?[/quote]

Not very respectful.  It's not "some random dude".

There are two Muslim holidays observed by FCPS.  Both follow the lunar calendar and yes, can vary based on when the local relgious leader (Imam) views the moon.  [/quote]

So the school calendar isn't set years in advance.

Thanks for playing. [/quote]
They estimate the date Eid will fall years in advance and set that as the Holiday for closure. If Eid shifts they do not change to scheduled day off. They make the “real” Eid an O day. This has happened recently.   [/quote]

Or just drop it (and all the other woke holidays) from the calendar and never worry about it again.

The simpler solution is usually better. [/quote]

I can only speak to my personal experience as a special ed teacher, but I assure you, we need to be off school for Eid. We need our teachers, bus drivers, IAs and PHTAs in the building. It’s literally dangerous for some students to have so many trusted and essential people out at one time.[/quote]

Then principals should run their schools. There was no evidence that any of these religious holidays had staffing problems. Even random Fridays had higher absentee rates. [/quote]

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