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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why Yom Kippur but not the other religious holidays?  [/quote]

The other religious holidays are on the weekend during the 2023/2024 school year. I believe the school board wants to keep these 5 days off:
Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
Diwali
Christmas
Eid[/quote]

Hopefully there is less drama with making the calendar.

Except spring break/Good Friday/Easter issues. [/quote]

Spring break needs to coordinate with all the other northern Virginia districts, whether it includes Easter or not.

Having it on its own special week not coinciding with any of the surrounding districts was a nightmare for teachers and resulted in lots of subs the weel all the other districts had their spring break, so a wasted week for students.[/quote]

I disagree.  It wasn't a nightmare for many people.  Inconvenient, yes.  But so are lots of other factors.  [/quote]

Maybe your school was better off but the many emails from central office indicated a serious problem. Some teachers I know brought kids to school, and others had to sub in other classes during their planning periods. They won’t do that again. [/quote]

This is why the community cannot significantly change the calendar -- no one will be able to agree on anything.  I am an FCPS teacher.  I would love for our spring break to continue to be fixed during the first week of April.  It was not an issue this past year -- yes, people had to sub for one another, but we were paid for it!  Yes, a very few people brought their kids to school, but that is really no different than other random days off that do not align.  And certainly, there are plenty of community spring break camps that cover childcare.

I wish we could all agree on what is best, but we all have different opinions and priorities.  So we have to just take what is given to us.[/quote]

Oh, I definitely agree and would also prefer the fixed Spring Break. I just don’t think they will stray from the neighboring districts after the reaction last year. [/quote]

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