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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a Jewish DCPS teacher, the only thing I resent is that in order to take my own high holidays off, I have to use personal days. Not so for Christian teachers...and FWIW, students do have Easter Monday off. It's factored into the dates for Spring Break.[/quote] I am Christian and celebrate Easter. [u]There is no sort of celebration whatsoever on Easter Monday[/u]. It's just not a religious day at all. Good Friday is much more religious and it's always a school day. [/quote] You are clearly not for DC. Easter Monday at the Zoo is a cultural day / tradition for African American Families. It started over 100 years ago as African-Americans were not allowed to participate in the White House Easter Egg Roll - and many families were domestic help and required to work on Easter. For Spring Break - DC messed up when they said a few years ago that it would always be around Emancipation Day - but only stuck to it for a year. People complained - April is TOO late for a skiing vacation.[/quote] For those who don't understand the Easter Monday school tradition please read this http://www.theroot.com/for-dc-easter-monday-at-the-national-zoo-is-an-african-1790859364 HOWEVER, it is no longer a school holiday and in a number of schools, attendance will be light. [/quote]
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