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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure why Arlington got the date wrong - FCPS and Loudoun have had the correct date this whole time. Someone messed up.[/quote]
Because they don't really care and there aren't many people who celebrate Diwali in APS anyway. This is just for woke points. They should have the Orthodox Holidays off if they want to give days off that a sizable population of the school (students and staff) celebrate but they are just following the other districts.[/quote]

I would like to see a coherent rationale from APS admin on why they have chosen to observe certain holidays and not observe other holidays. They added them in a few years ago, so they have data on attendance before the added holidays.[/quote]

They elected to go down this slippery slope of recognizing some religions...which now opens the door to others who will seek the same day-off recognition.  You either observe ALL religions or NONE. Considering that even some school administrators have remarked about the lack of convincing 5 day school weeks, it's time to recognize none.

Of course, now that they've opened this Pandora's box, eliminating one or many religious observations means hurt feelings, mass attendance at school board meetings, and religious-fueled pressure on the board.  What a mess.[/quote]

They can go ahead and schedule school on Christmas if that’s what it takes to fix this. No one will go, we will all use our holiday allotments, and everything will be fair. [/quote]

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