Anonymous
02/14/2024 02:52
Subject: Is April 10 a school holiday?
Anonymous wrote:Wait. If Eid moves from the 10th, will FCPS move the day off of school? Or will they keep the 10th off and the ninth or 11th or whatever will become an excused day away?
Guys, they would just change the day that is a day off. If it moves, the 9th would be the day off and the 10th would become a school day. This isn’t rocket science.
Anonymous
02/13/2024 19:10
Subject: Is April 10 a school holiday?
Wait. If Eid moves from the 10th, will FCPS move the day off of school? Or will they keep the 10th off and the ninth or 11th or whatever will become an excused day away?
Anonymous
02/13/2024 18:20
Subject: Is April 10 a school holiday?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What? EID might move? Teacher here so curious if that’s true.
It can change since it’s based on the moon. They have to predict a date for it when they make calendars but occasionally it can move up or back by a day.
So they might change the calendar? That seems crazy given how set it is!
Perhaps but it would only be by a day
Anonymous
02/13/2024 17:45
Subject: Is April 10 a school holiday?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Do the kids have April 10 off this year? Is there a possibility that it might change to earlier or later?
Sorry, we have to wait for some random dude to look at the moon before we know.
Ridiculous way to run a public school system.
I am Muslim and we know the days way in advance, I guess its like Easter, FCPS just doesn't seem to know or care....
I lived in the Middle East for five years and we always waited until the official announcement (i.e. sighting of the moon). The dates on the calendar were always considered to be tentative.
Anonymous
02/13/2024 17:42
Subject: Is April 10 a school holiday?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What? EID might move? Teacher here so curious if that’s true.
It can change since it’s based on the moon. They have to predict a date for it when they make calendars but occasionally it can move up or back by a day.
So they might change the calendar? That seems crazy given how set it is!
Anonymous
02/13/2024 17:19
Subject: Is April 10 a school holiday?
Anonymous wrote:What? EID might move? Teacher here so curious if that’s true.
It can change since it’s based on the moon. They have to predict a date for it when they make calendars but occasionally it can move up or back by a day.
Anonymous
02/13/2024 16:57
Subject: Is April 10 a school holiday?
What? EID might move? Teacher here so curious if that’s true.
Anonymous
02/13/2024 16:55
Subject: Is April 10 a school holiday?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:While it complicates things if it moves- is that poss here?- 180 days of school is 180 days of school. This was built in so you aren't losing anything,
Chill.
PP wants the holiday to shift to Monday, so they can see the eclipse without missing a school day.
I am OP. We are deciding whether to return on Tuesday or Wednesday. If the holiday moves to Tuesday, then we will return on Tuesday to miss fewer days of school.
The answer seems to be Maybe.
Anonymous
02/13/2024 16:48
Subject: Is April 10 a school holiday?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m an atheist who works for a local school system and I admit that I am thrilled that they are closing schools for every Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Hindu and Chinese holiday. Less work for me for the same paycheck.
I’m thinking this is not a teacher. This holiday is not a free day off because the school year would just be one day longer. It’s still 180 days.
I don’t think they add extra days to the school year in my school system. And no, I’m not a teacher btw.
Anonymous
02/13/2024 16:27
Subject: Is April 10 a school holiday?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Easter goes by calendar so it is always known well in advance. Eid goes by the moon , so that can vary. Really not FCPS fault that Eid is guesstimated and can shift with the moon’s phases but they have to make the calendar 1-3 years in advance .
No, it's FCPS fault that they started closing for explicitly religious holidays.
They always did that, you just didn’t notice or mind because they were your culturally recognized holidays . You have never once gone to school on Christmas Day
I would LOVE for spring break to be disassociated from Easter so it wasn’t the absolute peak for booking travel.
Anonymous
02/13/2024 16:20
Subject: Is April 10 a school holiday?
Anonymous wrote:While it complicates things if it moves- is that poss here?- 180 days of school is 180 days of school. This was built in so you aren't losing anything,
Chill.
PP wants the holiday to shift to Monday, so they can see the eclipse without missing a school day.
Anonymous
02/13/2024 16:15
Subject: Is April 10 a school holiday?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Easter goes by calendar so it is always known well in advance. Eid goes by the moon , so that can vary. Really not FCPS fault that Eid is guesstimated and can shift with the moon’s phases but they have to make the calendar 1-3 years in advance .
No, it's FCPS fault that they started closing for explicitly religious holidays.
They always did that, you just didn’t notice or mind because they were your culturally recognized holidays . You have never once gone to school on Christmas Day
Anonymous
02/13/2024 16:14
Subject: Is April 10 a school holiday?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m an atheist who works for a local school system and I admit that I am thrilled that they are closing schools for every Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Hindu and Chinese holiday. Less work for me for the same paycheck.
I’m thinking this is not a teacher. This holiday is not a free day off because the school year would just be one day longer. It’s still 180 days.
It’s just a troll
Anonymous
02/13/2024 16:14
Subject: Is April 10 a school holiday?
Anonymous wrote:I’m an atheist who works for a local school system and I admit that I am thrilled that they are closing schools for every Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Hindu and Chinese holiday. Less work for me for the same paycheck.
I’m thinking this is not a teacher. This holiday is not a free day off because the school year would just be one day longer. It’s still 180 days.
Anonymous
02/13/2024 15:29
Subject: Is April 10 a school holiday?
Anonymous wrote:Easter goes by calendar so it is always known well in advance. Eid goes by the moon , so that can vary. Really not FCPS fault that Eid is guesstimated and can shift with the moon’s phases but they have to make the calendar 1-3 years in advance .
No, it's FCPS fault that they started closing for explicitly religious holidays.