Reply to Jewish holiday in MCPS

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Jewish holiday in MCPS"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You do know that the last supper was a Passover seder right?  The holidays are close in time for this reason, because they happened at the same time!  Spring break is a week long, it is ALWAYS the week before Easter and often Passover falls in that week.  After all Passover is a week long.

Not only are a lot of MoCo teachers Jewish, but so are the substitute teachers.  There aren't enough subs to replace all the teachers who would take off, it is that plain and simple.  I know other posters have said this.  It has nothing to do with catering to Jewish students or teachers.  The fact that because schools are closed, Synagogues can rent the school space is just a nice coincidence.

I'm sure it is a pain in the butt for non-Jewish families.  (I would add that Jewish people have to take vacation days from work generally to observe their holidays because unlike Christmas, it is a work day for most people.)  However it is no more of an inconvenience than all the other random teacher planning days and half-days that the County inserts periodically during the school year.  Singling out the Jewish holidays to complain about is anti-semetic.[/quote]

Wow! That is a stretch. How did we get - hey why do MCP schools have Jewish holidays off to being anti-semetic. Maybe you are just a little sensitive. It is rare in this country for a county to base days off of school to Jewish holidays. The simple answer is because alot of Jews live here. Period. No big deal.

Why do some schools in southern Virginia have crosses in them. Because they can and nobody complained yet. Would you?
While very few nations were willing to provide solace to Jews after the holocaust Maryland, specifically Montgomery County welcomed them and because of their generocity of nature it has become a wonderful and welcoming place for Jewish families to rasie their families.

I think you need to get over yourself a little.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics