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Reply to "The response to MoCo's calendar change shows why the FCPS religious holidays will never go away"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why not have some "floating" excused absences allowed for staff or students -- when it corresponds to religious holidays. But otherwise, keep the academic calendar rigorous with few days off. Yes there will be some "honoring" of a religious holiday when the student doesn't actually practice that religion, some taking advantage. But it's got to be better than everyone being off from school for every conceivable religious holiday -- it's only going to worse (more religions, more holidays) going forward.[/quote] As a special ed teacher - whatever the last year it was that we had school on Eid, it was a mess that bordered on dangerous. We had late buses/ substitute bus drivers, unfamiliar bus attendants, many of our IAs were out…for the students who need significant adult support throughout the school day, all of our staff being available is essential![/quote]
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