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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stop having spring break the week before Easter every year!
Since Easter moves that means the break isn't the same week year to year.
These are PUBLIC schools not Christian schools!
Spring break is scheduled very early next year as a result and most of these schools will still be in the 3rd quarter after spring break! Spring break should be fixed to a specific week (ex 1st full week of April, 2nd full week of April) depending on how many weeks are left in the school year (9 or 10) and not when Easter falls! If it's because of Good Friday then squeezing in one day shouldn't be that hard. I understand it's important for nearby counties to align (because teachers may live in one with their children and teach in another) so they should align to a fixed week every year and not have the break in late March one year and the 3rd week of April another year etc. The break should be no earlier then the end of the 3rd quarter.[/quote]

The nation is predominantly Christian. It’s fine to tie it to Easter and Good Friday. I mean, public schools accommodate all the holidays observed by other faiths now, despite them being observed by much smaller numbers of students and staff. [/quote] If you are in a Catholic school or other Christian school it would be expected to have the break at Easter and even then it would be Good Friday (maybe Thursday) and the following week. There is something called separation of church (but referencing all religions) and state which means no PUBLIC school system should be aligning break based 1 holiday unless many students, teachers and other staff would be celebrating holidays that entire week. Since that is not the case (even some Catholic schools are open the day before Good Friday) just close on Good Friday and have spring break in the 2nd full week of April! 
Since some people may have already planned for 2024 and the week off in 2025 is coincidently at the right time make the change for 2026. NOBODY has made plans for 3 years from now and only LC (and FC whose not on this forum) have made 25-26 calendars and can easily move spring break to April 13-17, 2026.[/quote]

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