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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS should create a multicultural calendar that lists all the holidays from the various cultures. It costs nothing to add a label on a calendar day.

The big mistake in MCPS is turning the breaks and days off into an attempt to balance Christmas and Jewish holidays which makes both sets of days religious and open the door, rightly to everyone else.

[b]MCPS should also stop giving Jewish holidays and non-essential professional days.[/b] [b]A small number of professional days for grading makes sense. Professional days for training or attending a union conference should never be done during the instructional year as a random day off. These should be done during the winter, spring or summer breaks. [/b]

The extra days that MCPS gets back should be applied to a longer winter break so its actually a winter break rather than a short Christmas break. Any additional days can be a longer Thanksgiving break so families of any culture can travel. [/quote]

MCPS has 5 (although now 4 to accommodate Eid) professional days in August to prepare for the students' arrival, and 4 professional days for grading & reporting throughout the year. They do not get professional days for training or attending union conferences. One of the August professional days has been switched to September to accommodate Eid and since it is not at the middle or end of the marking period it will presumably be used for training that won't be able to be completed in August due to the reduction of August professional days.

So what were you prattling on about? What are these non-essential professional days of which you speak?[/quote]

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