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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where I work this problem is solved by giving everyone two floating holidays a year in addition to normal vacation time.

The idea is that these can be used to take off on religious holidays so that people are free to take off for theirs without everyone having to take off.  But their use is not limited to religious holidays; everyone gets them and can use them as they see fit.

If it was implemented in a way that teachers would have to give sufficient advance notice for using them, why couldn't this work?  [/quote]

It's called personal leave.  Yes, it's part of our leave, and we'd have to "pay for it."  But even if they were "given" to us, it doesn't solve the problem.

Let's say a Jewish holiday rolls around and MANY teachers are off.  There aren't enough subs to cover their classes.  That's why the two holidays - Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur were noted as official holidays.

There aren't enough teachers in the system who celebrate Hindu holidays to ask that it be a day off.  same goes for Eid - even though that's been a recent debate

Christians and Jews (at least in this area) outnumber other religions.  Therefore, their holidays put pressure on the school system.  In other areas, where there are fewer Jews, systems don't close.

So it's not a "religious" reason; it's a number's game.[/quote]

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