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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's so insane about the school year calendar? I think it's great that we're observing religious holidays beyond the Christian ones.[/quote]

We don't observe the Christian holidays.

Easter is on a sunday. So it is never observed by FCPS.

Christmas is a federal holdiay, on a week that every industry in our area including most of the federal government shuts down.

Christmas would be off no matter what, for secular reasons.[/quote]

It’s no coincidence that spring break always falls the week before Easter, or that winter break aligns with Christmas. The fact that many Christian holidays already fall on weekends, and are still widely observed, shows how deeply our western calendars are structured around Christian traditions. And I understand why; the country was founded on those roots. But centuries later, we’ve become a diverse population, and it’s time our schedules reflected that.[/quote]

If you want religious holidays, then go private.  If you want a different calendar, feel free to move to another country.

FCPS tried to move Spring Break from Easter but if failed horribly.  Christmas is one day and not a specific school holiday. Feel free to advocate for a shorter or different Winter Break.  [/quote]

the only way it "failed horribly" was that FCPS immediately reneged on it's promise to pin spring break to a specific week. They did it for one year (where it was conveniently the week prior to Easter) and then the next year just quietly pretended that promise never happened.

Having spring break be the same week every year would have been GREAT. That would have given that portion of the year a lot more stability and consistency for the teachers and students. And unlike Christmas, there's no attendance reason to have the week before Easter off. People aren't traveling in large droves like they are for Christmas. The *only* reason to tie spring break to Holy week is Christian favoritism. [/quote]

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