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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m loving the simplicity of National Presbyterian’s calendar! Wow!

[url]https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1672929300/nps/p4j14aia0vs3orqcmpu5/2023-2024NPSMajorDatesCalendar.pdf[/url][/quote]

It’s a lot easier when you are a religious school and don’t have to accommodate more than one religion’s holidays. [/quote]

The public school shouldn't be accommodating any religious holidays.  And before someone drags up Christmas, it's far more than than a religious holiday in the US.[/quote]

So you think we should accommodate only Christian religious holidays?[/quote]

DP. I don’t think they should accommodate any religious holidays. I don’t care if they want to have school on Christmas, but the fact is that most other businesses take the day off (and it happens to be a federal holiday) so it will be hard to get anyone to come in on that day. [/quote]

I'll just note for the crowd that Christmas isn't even a school holiday. Winter Break covers that week, but Christmas itself isn't celebrated.

The Jewish and Muslim holidays are explicitly religious holidays and should not be celebrated by the public school.[/quote]

I'm fine with chalking up Xmas / Winter break for that reason but I think they should get rid of all religious holidays and stop pegging spring break to easter.[/quote]

I grew up in the Bible Belt.  Our spring holiday was not tied to Easter.  [/quote]

Same. Spring break should be tied to quarter end, PERIOD.[/quote]

I agree with this, but the reason they tie it to Easter is to match up with surrounding counties which also tie to Easter. The teachers overwhelmingly wanted this because a lot teach in one district but have children in a different district. So if FCPS, Loudon, Arlington, ACPS all broke from Easter I think it would be supported. But I'm guessing we don't all end 3rd quarter at the same time. [/quote]

My spouse is actually a teacher (career switcher) - and I said - you have to teach in FCPS so you have the same school calendar as our kids.  So those people can cry me a river, LOL.[/quote]

“Those people” represent about 40% of the teaching staff.[/quote]

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