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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why can't the training be done during the religious holidays? No one celebrates ALL the holidays. Training/pd should be done on those days of your choosing. APS does not care about working families despite all their equity talk. The calendar proves it. [/quote]

Because that would be working on a school holiday. Like working on Thanksgiving or MLK Jr day. Not everyone celebrates Presidents day, either.
I think they should have put them the Mon and Tue of Thanksgiving break week. Less disruptive to the routine of going to school. But I'm sure some teachers would complain that students and families get a week off for Thanksgiving travel but they can't do the same.  [/quote]

But APS doesn't have to designate these religious holidays as a school holiday, they could be teacher work days. [/quote]

And for the teachers who DO observe a particular religious holiday? When do they get the training? If it's asynchronous online training they can do any time, then all teachers should just be required to do it whenever on any day (within their contract hours  :roll: ) they want. If it's actual presentations and in-person, that's not realyl fair for the teachers who are observing the religious holiday.[/quote]

Is the same teacher observing Rosh Hashanah, Diwali, and Eid al-Fitr? Seems unlikely, 2 out of the 3 could be workdays for any individual. [/quote]

You ignored the other part of the question. 
Why are you fine with students who don't observe these religious holidays being off but not teachers?[/quote]

I'm not? If you want those holidays to be regular school days for students I'm 100% in on that idea. [/quote]

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