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[quote=Anonymous]Reading a thread like this has just got to make one depressed, and also make you think that the problems kids might be having in their achievements have far more to do with what they are getting at home than in school.  It is not permissible to close schools for religious holidays, it violates the Constitution, and the Board acknowledged that.  Eliminating the name does not make it any better, and the pretext, actually makes it worse as a legal matter.  This is not the first school district to deal with these issues, and that fact that a growing Muslim community has raised it only tells you that they are a growing population in this area.  It does not seem all that difficult to challenge the prextual explanation -- I suspect there are high levels of absences on the day before Thanksgiving, probably equivalent to the day after, and also the day before and after Spring break, and any day that is near a holiday where the parents might also be free.  The Supreme Court has defined Christmas as a secular holiday so as a legal matter, closing on that day is not problematic, but the other religious holidays, no matter what you call them, are highly problematic and for those parents who have made all kinds of crazy statements on this thread about Muslims or how this is a Christian country etc., you should definitely be pushing for longer school days and year round school so your kids might have a fighting chance in terms of being educated.        [/quote]

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