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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No.  There are plenty of never-Youngkin people who think most kids should go to school on Eid, Diwali, Yom Kippur, etc, etc, and that those who need a day off for PERSONAL reasons should be given leniency in their schedule.[/quote]

People are extremely impulsive short-sighted if they think having to deal with their kids for those 5 days is worth voting in republicans for charters and vouchers and Christian nationalism in FCPS.

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I said that I and many others are "never Youngkins"...meaning Never would vote for him or his kind.  BUT I don't want all these religious days in the school year.   I'm still not voting for crazy christian nationalists.  But if you give me an independent  or establishment republican candidate for school board, I'm definitely going to consider it over Frisch or Omeish or others.[/quote]

Can I ask what disturbs you so much about the holidays?  Are your kids failing?  Can you not find childcare?  What is the issue here? 
 I'm asking because I just don't care.  My kids go to school, they are doing fine, if they stay home we enjoy those days too.  Is it just the religious part or is it any days off? I'm just confused why you are so heated up by this.

It sounds like you all are just angry and need to focus it.  Youngkin gave everyone the green light to focus pandemic anger on schools and here you all are doing just that, but on the calendar (?).

Also, establishment republicans don't really exist anymore.  [/quote]

I am not the PP but I am another opponent of the religious holidays and random days off. My kids aren’t failing and I have no problems with child care. My concern is that FCPS is doing the bare minimum and I strongly believe, they need to do more to maintain a robust educational system.  We shouldn’t just be squeezing by.  Religious holidays shouldn’t be part of a secular school system.  Further,  I also find it disingenuous for the SB to talk about equity if they turn around and present calendars that only hurt the constituents it is seeking to prop up.  So while I may not need child care and while my kids are doing fine,  [b]what about the kids who don’t have parents at home or kids whose parents struggle with shift work?  This calendar is burndemsome on that population.[/b]  Finally, FCPS is still trying to dig out of the Covid mess for special education students.  Again, those are kids who could use a more consistent and robust calendar.  They just need consistent school.[/quote]

And you think a R would care about those people, let alone help them? I have a bridge to sell you. [/quote]

It isn’t about politics.  This is about wanting a calendar that’s consistent.  The calendar this year was stupid. That has nothing to do with politics. The SB shouldn’t be mixing party politics into calendar making.[/quote]

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