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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure why Arlington got the date wrong - FCPS and Loudoun have had the correct date this whole time. Someone messed up.[/quote]
Because they don't really care and there aren't many people who celebrate Diwali in APS anyway. This is just for woke points. They should have the Orthodox Holidays off if they want to give days off that a sizable population of the school (students and staff) celebrate but they are just following the other districts.[/quote]

I would like to see a coherent rationale from APS admin on why they have chosen to observe certain holidays and not observe other holidays. They added them in a few years ago, so they have data on attendance before the added holidays.[/quote]

There is no coherent rationale, beyond “celebrating diversity” and “recognizing different religions.” Occasionally you hear that FCPS studied it and found higher absence rates those days, as if APS and FCPS were exactly the same and had the same populations and therefore same operational impacts. Which we know is untrue.

But no coherent, Constitutional rationale has been offered for APS to recognize, say Diwali, and not the orthodox holidays. [/quote]

I suspect there are also far fewer people who observe Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur than the Orthodox Holidays and Lunar New Year. That's definitely true in our school population, if not APS as a whole. [/quote]

Remember it's not just the kids it's the teachers.  [/quote]

Give them two paid days off and offer extra pay for subs if there is a real operational issue. [/quote]

I would take a sub job on a holiday with extra pay. [/quote]

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