Anonymous
Post 09/27/2018 09:48     Subject: 2019-20 MCPS calendar?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They only acknowledge Christian holidays now but they still give the first day of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur off.


That's because historically those holidays have a lot of people off. It is ingrained in our culture. Even now people expect to have those certain time frames off whether they celebrate Judo-Chrisitan holidays.


That does not explain why the reason for the days off is identified as a Christian holiday.


The "non instructional" days are not identified because several years ago, BOE voted to remove those labels.

This file shows all days off as fairly vague. https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/calendar/0285.18_2018-19_SchoolCalendar.pdf
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2018 09:34     Subject: 2019-20 MCPS calendar?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They only acknowledge Christian holidays now but they still give the first day of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur off.


That's because historically those holidays have a lot of people off. It is ingrained in our culture. Even now people expect to have those certain time frames off whether they celebrate Judo-Chrisitan holidays.


That does not explain why the reason for the days off is identified as a Christian holiday.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2018 09:23     Subject: 2019-20 MCPS calendar?
Anonymous wrote:They only acknowledge Christian holidays now but they still give the first day of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur off.


That's because historically those holidays have a lot of people off. It is ingrained in our culture. Even now people expect to have those certain time frames off whether they celebrate Judo-Chrisitan holidays.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2018 07:51     Subject: 2019-20 MCPS calendar?
They only acknowledge Christian holidays now but they still give the first day of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur off.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2018 21:52     Subject: Re:2019-20 MCPS calendar?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why are we not off for the Jewish holidays?


We are. Both proposals have days off for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur ("non-instructional days") because the survey feedback showed that these would be high absence days.


Thanks it’s so confusing when the stupid council doesn’t want to acknowledge holidays and wants to make it generalized.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2018 20:43     Subject: Re:2019-20 MCPS calendar?
Anonymous wrote:Why are we not off for the Jewish holidays?


We are. Both proposals have days off for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur ("non-instructional days") because the survey feedback showed that these would be high absence days.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2018 20:29     Subject: 2019-20 MCPS calendar?
Anonymous wrote:Why are we not off for Columbus day yet have all these BS half days for no reason?


Columbus Day is the day you can go in to observe your kid’s classroom.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2018 20:18     Subject: 2019-20 MCPS calendar?
Anonymous wrote:This year: Nov 12 is half day, Nov 13 is a half day. Why don't they just combined them and give us Nov 12 off!.


They’re for parent conferences in elementary.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2018 19:37     Subject: Re:2019-20 MCPS calendar?
Oh wait I double checked they gave us the dates it’s just that the dates are in different months. One is in September the other in October. All is well. I’m calm.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2018 19:29     Subject: Re:2019-20 MCPS calendar?
Why are we not off for the Jewish holidays?
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2018 18:46     Subject: 2019-20 MCPS calendar?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Isn't Jealous behind by 20-ish points in the polls?


Yes, Jealous is currently 20-ish points behind Hogan among people who answer their phones for an unknown number.


Lol! Then they have no idea that I will vote for BJ.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2018 15:26     Subject: 2019-20 MCPS calendar?
Anonymous wrote:This year: Nov 12 is half day, Nov 13 is a half day. Why don't they just combined them and give us Nov 12 off!.

Is this really a question?
Because half days count towards the required days.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2018 15:16     Subject: 2019-20 MCPS calendar?
This year: Nov 12 is half day, Nov 13 is a half day. Why don't they just combined them and give us Nov 12 off!.
Anonymous
Post 09/25/2018 12:40     Subject: 2019-20 MCPS calendar?
Anonymous wrote:Why are we not off for Columbus day yet have all these BS half days for no reason?


Half days count as school days.
Anonymous
Post 09/24/2018 16:07     Subject: 2019-20 MCPS calendar?
Longer break, please. By the end of the school year, kids are tired. And juniors need to visit colleges over Spring Break.