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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We should only get Federal Holidays off. We don't need Yom Kippur off.[/quote]

I'm the outlier that loves all the random days off in FCPS.  The long weekends give us a chance to see family, relax, whatever.

I completely disagreed with the previous O day policy where they couldn't teach any new material or give a test or take a field trip.  That was more of an issue than the days off.  But recognizing major religious holidays with a school closure is fine with me.[/quote]

That's cool. Some parents work for a living. [/quote]
So use a vacation day? It must be so easy to just take a day, since that's the suggestion for Jewish teachers and students to just take time off to observe Yom Kippur.[/quote]

The observance of Yom Kippur, or any other religious holiday, is a personal choice. I know I know, not a popular opinion. But no one has a gun to your head. I don’t see why 99% of students and their families need to be inconvenienced to enable others to seamlessly engage with the faith that they chose.

-Culturally Jewish family that does not celebrate any religious holiday [/quote]

You’ll survive being “inconvenienced.”  :roll: [/quote]

You’re right, I’ll survive. But guaranteed there is some unsupervised teen or tween out there who won’t. In this day and age, I don’t know why we are creating more opportunities for kids to OD. [/quote]

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