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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because the decision to have the Jewish holidays off are not based on the fact that they are JEWISH holidays.  They are based on TEACHER AVAILABILITY.  There are not enough teachers available on those days, therefore the County must cancel class.  No teachers, no school.  The decision has nothing to do with giving favoritism to one religion over another.  To imply otherwise is anti-semetic.[/quote]

I will assuming the "teach availablity" therory is true - or can you back that with any hard facts? To say I think that there favoritism in MCPS to accomodate Jewish people is not anti-semetic it is stating an opinion that still does not say anything against the faith or the people.

The fact is schools are governed by local authorities for the basic fact that each community is different. We have Jewish holidays off because we have a lot of Jewish people in the community. Hawaii has surfing as a sport because they like to surf.

What is the reason for no homework on those days - my neighbor's daughter was told - no homework because it was a day of repentence.

Teacher avilabilty, renting schools, whatever the reason - MCPS has Jewish holidays off because a lot of Jewish people live here - though <10% of the Montgomery County population is Jewish - hardly a majority

BTW - many people work on Christmas and Easter.  [/quote]

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