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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think they need to make a choice between grading days at the end of the marking period and religious holidays. [/quote]Or cut the Federal holidays like Indigenous Peoples day, MLK day, President's Day, etc.  They can be observed as part of the curriculum.[/quote]

They could. But many parents are off on these days. Virtually no one is off on the non-federal religious holidays. [/quote]

I am generally not a supporter of APS closing school for religious holidays but the counterpoint is that no one has to miss school for Columbus Day or President's Day observance (and most parents would love a day off from work when the kids are in school - that is the holy grail!!!). But if you are Jewish and observing Yom Kippur, your kids can't go to school that day. That said, that is not true for all the religious holidays. Even with Rosh Hashanah some families would probably let their kids go to school for the afternoon by high school.[/quote]

Well, my point was that if a parent is already off work, 1) they don’t need to find childcare for young kids, and 2) they can take a long weekend trip with the family. Sending kids to school on every federal holiday while having all these religious ones off would be pretty annoying. That said, I agree they don’t need EVERY federal holiday off. And if they start after Labor Day again, no need to factor in Labor Day and the Friday before. So get rid of a couple of fed days, religious holidays, and get back at least a week of summer break. [/quote]
For those who don't work for the government, which are many people, we are finding childcare or taking time off for both religious and Federal holidays right now.  Dropping some of these days, regardless of the category, would be helpful.  It's too much.

I wish APS would adopt the model from Falls Church City where we still have school on religious holidays, but teachers don't introduce new content or test on those days.  Students get excused absences for their religious holidays.[/quote]

We had that, didn't work [/quote]
I don't think there was a policy not to introduce new content or test on those days.  I never saw a list of the holidays where the rule would apply or heard it mentioned.  I think APS just ignored the holidays.[/quote]

Not true, I remember lots of talk about this back when they handled it this way. [/quote]
What was the list of holidays?  Is it the same as those they added to the calendar?  I never saw a list....[/quote]

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