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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Let’s get rid of all of the new religious holidays.”

Same Breath: “That Busdriver should get his day off too.”

Unserious people sowing discord. You got what you wanted. But let’s argue about a done deal for weeks anyway because none of us have a life.[/quote]

Sounds like you don’t want any momentum to build around changing the policy to floating holidays. [/quote]

I support the current religious holidays as days off for APS. And lol there's no momentum aside from your complaining on anon boards. Even Miranda said yesterday publicly that this vote wasn't a moratorium on changing the religious holiday policy.[/quote]

Just wait until APS starts blocking off three consecutive days for each Eid as “possible” days off. Nothing will be allowed to be planned for those days and no one will know until a few weeks in advance which day will be off. Next year it’s the week after Memorial Day and if Eid moves it will be a one day week. People are gonna get sick of this pretty quick. [/quote]

That’s precisely what was suggested at the meeting last night. Making sure that principals and PTAs knew they would not be able to schedule anything on the days before and after holidays that were dictated by the lunar calendar.  [/quote]

I don't understand the problem with telling schools not to schedule extra things on those few days.  Can someone explain it to me?[/quote]
Both occur at busy times of year and have an alternative (floating holiday/excused absence)[/quote]

I think keeping those days clear is best.  It would really sad for those kids who end up missing out on the end of year activities.  It is also a tough position to put a teacher in if this is a holiday they observe and they've also been working with their kids to plan the end of school activity.  Planning things a few days earlier or later doesn't seem as challenging to me, but I realize others might have a different view.[/quote]

APS needs to get rid of all the religious holidays. But then have clear notices on calendars that events can't be scheduled on those days to respect people observing them.[/quote]

So people say this but what would happen if we moved winter break to January and uncoupled it from Christmas. If kids had to go to school on Christmas eve.  People would be outraged. [/quote]

Too many people are at least nominally Christian, so this won't happen until the system is minority Christian.[/quote]
Oh stop.  It's not about Christianity at this point.  America has a tradition of scheduling a winter holiday break between Christmas and New Years holidays.  This holiday break applies across all Americans.  Some celebrate Christmas, others go on vacation or get Chinese takeout and go to a movie.  But it's a common holiday week across the country.  It's a time for families to get together since pretty much everything shuts down, from schools to kid sports to many offices.

So no, the week for winter break wont change even if the country was no longer majority Christian.  It's now part of American culture and aligned across the country.[/quote]

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