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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]According to a New York City study, declaring two Muslims Eids per year as a holiday would only knock off nine school days over the next 20 years.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-eid-school-20150923-story.html

I suspect Diwali --also based on a lunar calendar-- would have a similar limited impact.

In 2016, Diwali is on October 30. A SUNDAY.
In 2017, Diwali is on October 19. That is a Thursday, but MCPS already eliminated the day for teachers to attend the State conference in 2016. Just eliminate it again in 2017. FWIW, I teach for MCPS.
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I think that Diwali is lunar in the way Easter or Passover is, that it's based on the moon but is tied to a season.  So, it would always fall during the school year, meaning that it would be off about 5 days out of 7.

I still don't see anything in the petition that is asking for school to be closed.  It's asking for it to be marked on the calendar.  The fact that so many people don't know about Diwali is an argument for publicizing it.  The more information a teach has about what the students are experiencing, the better.[/quote]

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