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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've never lived in a school district that gave the high holidays off. I understand that when you move from one to the other it seems like you are "missing out" but it isn't a lot of school districts in the US that do it. I suggest you do what everyone else here is saying - just get over it, have your kids take the days off and receive an excused absence.[/quote]

"get over it?" How would you feel if school was open for Christmas and Easter or a holiday you observed? As for never living in a school district that gave the high holidays off plenty of them do so just because you haven't experienced it doesn't mean it's the norm. [/quote]
 
PP's "get over it" is unacceptably rude to your feelings. Now, to your "how would I feel question" the answer is two-fold:

1. I would feel that my school was rather odd for not closing on a federal holiday, and that they were fiscally irresponsible for opening on a day when 70% of the students and teachers were legally entitled to take the day off (this part changes based on the demographics of the school district obviously); and

2. I would feel glad that we have a law that would entitle my family to stay home anyway to celebrate our religious obligation, while also a very tiny bit bummed that my kids would have a day of make-up work (but I would probably turn that into a valuable life lesson for them).[/quote]

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