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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In 2020, 3% of the the adult living in Fairfax County identified as Jewish.  (This does not include the under 18s and does not include employees that live outside of the county)

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Hindus are around the same percentage (diwali off)

Orthodox Christians are a much tinier group.  Are they even 1%?  Yet we have Orthodox Epiphany off (Jan 17) and Orthodox Easter off (April 10)

FCPS gives Day of the Dead/All Saints Day off. (Nov 1)

That one is a complete head scratcher.  Catholics (and Mexicans) do not view that as a day to take off work or school.  All Saints Day is a Holy Day of Obligation, but you don't take off work or school to meet the obligation.  You simply go to Mass in the early morning or to one of the many evening Mass options.  All Saints Day is not a particularly huge feast day accompanied by a bunch of significant religious and cultural traditions that require one to take off work and school.

Giving All Saints Day/ day of the dead off as a religious cultural holiday is performative and shows that FCPS doesn’t understand the holiday.

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November 1 is not a day off.[/quote]

It has been on past calenders.[/quote]
I’ve worked in FCPS for 25 years. I promise that All Saints Day has never been a religious holiday. If there was no school that day, it’s because it was a weekend or a teacher workday. [/quote]

The calender lists it as All Saints Day/ Day of the Dead, so FCPS acknowleges the day off as a religious holiday.[/quote]

Incorrect. When the day off is due that day for the sole reason that it’s a religious holiday, you’ll see it marked with only an “H”.  There is no calendar where All Saints Day has an “H” and there never has been.

In the 27-28 calendar, you’ll see that Nov 1 is a day where no students attend. AND it is acknowledged below that Nov 1 is All Saints Day. FCPS does acknowledge this is a holiday for some. BUT the day on the calendar is marked with an SP which stands for School Planning Day. That means that school is not closed for students because it’s a religious holiday but because it’s a workday for staff. [/quote]

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Here are the links to the calendars. All Saints Day is never a religious holiday where school is closed for staff and/or students because it is a religious holiday (like Yom Kippur or Eid or Christmas).

https://www.fcps.edu/system/files/forms/2024-02/2025-2026-standard-school-year-calendar.pdf

https://www.fcps.edu/system/files/forms/2025-04/2026-2027-standard-school-year-calendar.pdf

https://www.fcps.edu/system/files/forms/2025-02/2027-2028-standard-school-year-calendar.pdf

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My friends, the first Monday in November is off because it is the day before the first Tuesday in November, which is Election Day. [/quote]

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