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The Eid holiday, for some crazy reason, was requested to be a Professional Day, not a student and teacher holiday. 
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[b]The crazy reason is it would have cost $7 million dollars to give the teachers a paid holiday.  What would you like to cut?[/b][/quote]

Your understanding about holidays and teacher pay is faulty.  Teachers are NOT paid for holidays, be it Presidents Day, Election Day, New Years, etc.  They are paid for 195 days of work.  Period.

If the BoE simply made September 12 a holiday for all students and staff (i.e. not made it a Professional Day) and then just tacked a school day on at the end of the year, the cost would be ZERO.  for some mysterious reason, the BoE wants a Professional Day on the 12th.  That's a teacher work day so they get paid.  The reason some of the options cost $7 million is because they[b] add a teacher work day to the calendar[/b].

The fact that the BoE wants the 12th to be a Professional Day is absurd.  They want to close schools so students who celebrate Eid can do so without missing school.  How about Muslim teachers?

The inconsistency of this proposal (closing on the 12th and making it a Professional Day) is mind-boggling!  How are our BoE members so damn STUPID?[/quote]

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