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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jewish family here. Given what I assume is a small minority of Jewish students and teachers in DCPS, and the hardship on families to close school (alternative child care, free breakfast and lunch), I am totally fine not being closed on the high holidays. Our kids just don’t go to school. I think would be appropriate to not schedule major school events or tests on those days, but even then we’ll survive. It’s the experience of being in the minority. [/quote]

I sort of agree with this perspective, as someone who is nominally Christian married to someone who is not (born to a Muslim family, not really practicing).  I feel like they shouldn't plan major school events on religious holidays if a good portion of students there (10%?  20%?) celebrate, and I understand that we're in a country where most people are Christian and so a few key Christian holidays will be no school days.  I also think that as time goes on, they can periodically reevaluate if the school demographics are changing and they need to consider Jewish/Muslim/etc. holidays.[/quote]

We are a Jewish family too and I agree with this as well.  We are at a JKLM and it's fine.  If needed we get religious holidays as excused absences and that's fine.  The one time I recall a school event that had pizza during Passover there was also matzo and something else provided.  But I think we just brought our own food?

As for the community within our school - it's great. There's a lot of overlap between our child's DCPS class and Sunday School class.  
You might start by asking around your synagogue / Sunday school where the other kids go.

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