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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I actually think ALL religious holidays ought to be removed, including "Easter Monday" (which is not a thing).

Make religious holidays an excused absence and move along.

As for the so-called "operational reasons" for having YK and RH off, I'm calling BS. I've had kids in the MCPS system for a looooong time and substitutes are pretty much uniformly retired teachers, mostly African American. Yes, there are Black Jews. No, there is not a critical mass to the point that it would influence ability to get subs. [/quote]

I don't think the operational argument is that the [i]subs[/i] take off for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.[/quote]

That is exactly the argument a PP made. And I quote: "I'm sure you'll all be on here complaining when schools are open on Jewish holidays and [b]there aren't enough subs in the system[/b] to cover all of the vacancies. Schools aren't closed on Jewish holidays for religious reasons. They're closed for operational reasons. Schools can't even fill all vacancies from the sub system on a regular day."[/quote]

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