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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We don't get off for "every possible holiday." They added only FOUR holidays (Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Diwali, and Eid) as days off, in addition to already having a 2-week winter break for Christmas and tying Spring Break to Easter. Stop using holidays as a scapegoat.

I'd love to have fewer weather closures, but the weather and road clearing is not really in the school's control.[/quote]

I think my overall point is that with all the additional holidays and with the long winter break, AND the weather closings and delays - the 2 and 3 hour early releases are like, the straw that broke the camel’s back for me. They gotta go for next school year and for the future. [/quote]

I'm with you on the early release days and wouldn't mind a shorter winter break. But I don't think the four holidays are really making a difference to learning and having them off is significantly impactful for families in those religions (though Eid can't really be properly calculated and doesn't always end up falling on the day it was predicted/scheduled; and Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur sometimes fall on weekends and don't affect schools).

Weather closings and delays are frustrating, but feeling frustrated about unpredictable closings is not a reason to throw religious minorities under the bus.[/quote]

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