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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read this as they are asking that Diwali be marked on the calendar.  Not that school be closed on the day.[/quote]

Well they won't have any luck in MCPS since no religious holidays are actually recognized as such on the calendar. But MCPS opened the door to having many more holidays "recognized" by closing schools for students on Eid and changing a professional day from August (sorely needed) to September (unneeded). They should have known that they can't choose to recognize one holiday without giving the same acknowledgement to other holidays. Now it's a free for all since they went against their own policy of only closing schools due to operational issues. [/quote]

MCPS only closed on Eid because it coincided with a Jewish holiday.[/quote]

It's doesn't coincide with a Jewish holiday[/quote]

The year that MCPS was closed for Eid, Eid fell on the same day as one of the Jewish High Holy Days. That year was when the request was made to mark Eid on the calendar, and MCPS responded by removing any references to the Jewish High Holy Days or Christmas or Easter from the calendar.

I assume there are also years when they are closed on Eid, because Eid falls on the Jewish or Christian Sabbaths, which the schools take off, and there are years when it falls during Spring, Winter, or Summer Break.  Other than that, Eid is a school day in MCPS.  
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