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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The issue of Jewish religious holidays off is not so much about childcare but rather the abrupt interruption of the school week.  The MoCo BOE has placed the highest priority on closing the achievement gap.  Whole weeks of school would help, and I doubt there is a huge Jewish immigrant population in -

I recently heard one of my daughter's friends say her parents and their friends were upset about Eid.  [b]Their feel like the Indian population is larger than Muslim in their MoCo area[/b] and are upset Dawali is not a school holiday.

We can give every minority religion a holiday and get rid of winter break too.[/quote]

"The Indian population" and "the Muslim population" are intersecting circles on a Venn diagram. I.e., there are Indians who are Muslim, and there are Muslims who are Indian.

If you're worried about closing for religious holidays, consider focusing on the Friday before Western Easter and the Monday after Western Easter. Those closings are mandated by state law.[/quote]

I am sure p(PP) meant Hindus and Muslims.

There are Indian Hindus, Indian Muslims, Indian Christians, Indian Sikhs, Indian Jews, Indian Buddhists, Indian Jains, Indian Zoroastrians, Indian Baha'is, Indian Atheists. 
 (Just like you have Americans who are Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Zoroastrians, Baha'is, Rastafarians, Wiccans, Daoist, Falun Gong etc...)

How do Indian schools handle this level of religious diversity?  Well, the school week in India is from Monday-Saturday usually, the summer break is only a month long, and the school year is dotted with holidays for most of the major festivals for major religions.  Long breaks during the academic year is few and far between but they are built in around major festival seasons to an extent. On an average, an Indian student in India gets an average of  two whole years of extra schooling  compared to American students by the time they graduate from high school.   Imagine what an advantage it is for students to get an additional 700 days of instruction from K-12. No wonder US is falling behind.

I would prefer if the schools give a week's break between the first three quarters, and only a month long summer break.  Having a break of a week between quarters actually allows students to catch up if they are academically falling behind.   I am indifferent to if religious holidays are celebrated or not.  I do feel that the Christmas break is a nice break for most people and shopping is great.

- Indian-American Hindu.

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