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Anonymous wrote:What is Eid??

Asking for 90% of Loudoun County.

Wow- you’re out of touch with the world.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is a religious holiday part of the LCPS public school calendar? Had no idea you all became extremists out there and forgot about separation of church and state.

I don’t think you know what separation of church and state means.

Really? So throwing in religious holidays, that have no secular purpose, into a public school is not state sanctioned religion? Christmas is not a religious holiday on the school calendar, it's winter break and has a secular purpose - it's a federal holiday and many non-Christians celebrate it as a secular holiday. Eid only benefits followers of a specific religion.

Same with Rosh Hashannah, Yom Kippur, and Diwali, now all on the calendar as well. All in the name of equity and wokeness.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is a religious holiday part of the LCPS public school calendar? Had no idea you all became extremists out there and forgot about separation of church and state.

I don’t think you know what separation of church and state means.

Really? So throwing in religious holidays, that have no secular purpose, into a public school is not state sanctioned religion? Christmas is not a religious holiday on the school calendar, it's winter break and has a secular purpose - it's a federal holiday and many non-Christians celebrate it as a secular holiday. Eid only benefits followers of a specific religion.

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In a place like DC where people work long hours and have very tightly controlled schedules and calendars, yes, people schedule appointments and arrange childcare around school closings. The courteous thing to do would be to let people know that a date is tentative and will be made final as it approaches. Changing it on people like this stinks.

Yes, it's going to be inconvenient to the tiny minority of people who scheduled other activities that day and now must either call their child in sick, or if they are a staff member, take sick leave.

Inconveniences are challenges but they do happen, particularly when new procedures (like a new holiday) are implemented. Perhaps in the future the holiday will be marked as moveable, since this was the first time LCPS observed it. I suggest you contact your school board member(s) to make that recommendation.

Again there is no need to mark it as moveable. They should just pick one method of determining eid and stick by it. Since the calculation method determines it in advance they can use that method. Trust me there is no need to over complicate things.

https://fiqhcouncil.org/calendar/

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Anonymous wrote:What is Eid??

Short version is it's the major Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan. Apparently as the date approaches the timeline gets more dialed-in based on exactly when the moon is at a certain point and is visible and determined. Both APS and LCPS are adjusting trying to be as correct and respectful of the Muslim community as possible. There's been some discord in APS discussions that different components of the Muslim community might actually celebrate on different days based on interpretations, but this isn't fixing something because of a "screw up".

There is no discord. Muslims don’t care. I am one of the Muslims that posted on Arlington Education Matters. Most mosques in the area go with the fiqh council of North America which determines eid via calculations. Those calculations determine Eid years snd decades in advance. https://fiqhcouncil.org/calendar/

Most Muslims in the area will follow their local mosques. Many recent immigrants including me may end up following what their country of origin does. But either way it doesn’t matter because Eid is a three day holiday. If we get one day off whether it’s a Monday or Tuesday we will be happy. Most Muslims I spoke to we’re wondering how APS came up with Tuesday (because the in advance calculation method says it’s a Monday but were happy they were getting a day off for eid. By the way even for Muslims who follow their country of origin, most likely the start of eid will be the same as the start of eid in the calculation method. It’s just that most countries won’t announce the eid holiday in advance and so people who follow their country of origin usually will know a day in advance.

Anonymous wrote:Why is a religious holiday part of the LCPS public school calendar? Had no idea you all became extremists out there and forgot about separation of church and state.

I don’t think you know what separation of church and state means.

In a place like DC where people work long hours and have very tightly controlled schedules and calendars, yes, people schedule appointments and arrange childcare around school closings. The courteous thing to do would be to let people know that a date is tentative and will be made final as it approaches. Changing it on people like this stinks.

Yes, it's going to be inconvenient to the tiny minority of people who scheduled other activities that day and now must either call their child in sick, or if they are a staff member, take sick leave.

Inconveniences are challenges but they do happen, particularly when new procedures (like a new holiday) are implemented. Perhaps in the future the holiday will be marked as moveable, since this was the first time LCPS observed it. I suggest you contact your school board member(s) to make that recommendation.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is a religious holiday part of the LCPS public school calendar? Had no idea you all became extremists out there and forgot about separation of church and state.

Christmas is always a holiday.

And the schedule is always such that the day after Easter is a student holiday, too.

Anonymous wrote:Why is a religious holiday part of the LCPS public school calendar? Had no idea you all became extremists out there and forgot about separation of church and state.

LOL you better not be Christian.

Anonymous wrote:Why is a religious holiday part of the LCPS public school calendar? Had no idea you all became extremists out there and forgot about separation of church and state.

Christmas is always a holiday.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s embarrassing is you trying to make this a big deal when you literally know nothing about Eid and apparently think it’s like Christmas where it occurs the exact same day every calendar year . Exactly zero people are bothered by it being moved from Tuesday to Monday once the official date the holiday for our hemisphere was announced

This is false. Lots of people made plans and appointments for the day off school and no it shouldn’t be changed a month out.

The holiday isn’t for people making appointments, it’s for those celebrating Eid, which is not scheduled the same way as certain other holidays.

Sorry for your inconvenience!

In a place like DC where people work long hours and have very tightly controlled schedules and calendars, yes, people schedule appointments and arrange childcare around school closings. The courteous thing to do would be to let people know that a date is tentative and will be made final as it approaches. Changing it on people like this stinks.

Why is a religious holiday part of the LCPS public school calendar? Had no idea you all became extremists out there and forgot about separation of church and state.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s embarrassing is you trying to make this a big deal when you literally know nothing about Eid and apparently think it’s like Christmas where it occurs the exact same day every calendar year . Exactly zero people are bothered by it being moved from Tuesday to Monday once the official date the holiday for our hemisphere was announced

This is false. Lots of people made plans and appointments for the day off school and no it shouldn’t be changed a month out.

The holiday isn’t for people making appointments, it’s for those celebrating Eid, which is not scheduled the same way as certain other holidays.

Sorry for your inconvenience!

This same issue happened in MCPS and HCPSS at least in MD, as well as the VA systems mentioned here. It has nothing to do with the school systems’ competence; it’s how the holiday is determined.
Get over it.
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Anonymous wrote:What’s embarrassing is you trying to make this a big deal when you literally know nothing about Eid and apparently think it’s like Christmas where it occurs the exact same day every calendar year . Exactly zero people are bothered by it being moved from Tuesday to Monday once the official date the holiday for our hemisphere was announced

This is false. Lots of people made plans and appointments for the day off school and no it shouldn’t be changed a month out.