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Reply to "Mulsims want schools closed on their holidays"
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[quote=Anonymous]Well the demographics of the county are changing. The Muslim population is growing. In my kids' upcounty elementary school, I would guess that about 20% of the students are Muslim (given that is the case in their individual classes during the five years they have gone there). Of course, the population is not evenly distributed, so maybe you don't notice it at your school. Just from a fairness perspective, it doesn't seem fair to have the Jewish holidays off when the percentage of Jewish students is likely lower or at least not higher than Muslim students. I appreciate that we can't keep adding days-off, and in a district as diverse as ours, it is hard to see an end to this. So another approach might be to stop taking of the Jewish holidays. There are many school districts and institutions that are not closed these days. Then, students that are not Christian can have excused absences on their holidays. [/quote]
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