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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just saw that on today's SB meeting, they added a new calendar C option that removes the new 4 religious holidays? It also moves spring break to a fixed week.

[url=https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/BXTJNC4DF7C7/$file/2020-12-03%20SB%20Work%20Session%20Calendar%20Presentation%20Final.pdf]https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/BXTJNC4DF7C7/$file/2020-12-03%20SB%20Work%20Session%20Calendar%20Presentation%20Final.pdf[/url]

At this point I'd rather they just settle on something and keep it roughly the same from year to year.[/quote]

Good, those explicitly religious holidays should not be in the school calendar.[/quote]

Agreed. Schools should be in session during all explicitly religious holidays. Just make sure that when your child misses tests or other assignments on [b]Christmas or Easter[/b], you are prepared to contact the school to advocate for them EVERY YEAR because the law says observing a religious holiday means they should not be penalized. [/quote]

Well, Easter is always on a Sunday, and I'm not aware of any public school that's open on Sundays.

As for Christmas, FCPS doesn't have a Christmas holiday.  It has a 2 week Winter Break.[/quote]

A winter break that just HAPPENS to ALWAYS straddle the Christmas holiday. Such a coincidence. I apologize, those of us who celebrate non-Christian holidays should just shut up and be grateful you allow us to live amongst you and send our children to your schools. We apologize for asking for our faith and our children to be treated with respect. Please forgive us.[/quote]

AND New Year's Day too!

Winter break just HAPPENS to ALWAYS straddle the solar-calendar-based holiday. Such a coincidence. I apologize, those of us who celebrate lunar-calendar-based New Year holidays should just shut up and be grateful you allow us to live amongst you and send our children to your schools. We apologize for asking for our culture and our children to be treated with respect. Please forgive us.[/quote]

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