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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh, FFS!  This is ridiculous.

My DH is Indian, and even he thinks it's gone way overboard.  [b]He joked that the people pushing for this petition must not even really be Indian.[/b]  No 'true' Indian parent pushes for less time in school for their kid!

Is there a petition against this too?  Someone needs to start one.

Really, what is the percentage of students/teachers that this affects?  Maybe MCPS can set a policy that if it affects over 30% (or whatever percentage)  of the school population, they'll acknowledge it on the calendar or give the day off or whatever.

In reality, I've always supported year-round school, so maybe this is a good way to get that to happen!  We'll have to acknowledge all the various holidays for all the various religions/cultures, so there are only so many days left for the kids to be in school.  They'll need to go year round![/quote]

It has occurred to me that the animating force behind this petition might not be a genuine desire to have Diwali off, but rather some sort of attempt to make sure Eid is never a day off by creating a "slippery slope" argument.  [/quote]

Conspiracy theory much? Google the sponsoring organizations and people. You can contact them directly.[/quote]

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