Anonymous wrote:Damn at how crazy all of you sound. The vote has not even taken place yet. I actually have a feeling that the loudest voices will win, so congrats in advance.

What part do you think is crazy?

Not the part where a guy not seeing the moon b /c its cloudy closing down an entire school district, graduations, competitions, etc?

Anonymous wrote:OMG this HR thing! Still going...

To be fair APS HR is incredibly screwed up

What is the vote? Most parents don’t know about this happening!

Drop all holidays unless federal. Give all staff 2 paid days for observances even if they don’t observe. Have some rules for no tests or homework with a very clear policy that parents can make sure is enforced.

OMG this HR thing! Still going...

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Anonymous wrote:Is this going to happen every year? Is there a range of dates where Eid may fall that is reasonably known? I guess I don't understand how planning can be done for a district the size of APS when there is a floating holiday.

Apparently the date shifts by weeks from year to year due to the lunar calendar. Each particular instance can vary by a day or so because of something about the required observance is the moon a month before the actual holiday.

APS needs to be able to say that they are very sorry but it is just too hard for a public school to accommodate that, particularly so close to the end of the school year. But they seem incapable of saying no. Of course they should provide flexibility for students and teachers who are observing the holiday - but they should not be closing school.

I predict this is going to escalate in the news quickly- especially being an election year for governor.

I wish they would have given a bit more notice. I think even having this in ArlNow would have made a big impact on public response. I was speaking to other parents at a sports practice tonight and they had no idea.

They couldn’t though. That’s the point. Some imam sees the moon and the date of the holiday changes. A school district can’t function based on that sort of thing.

Excused absences are fine, but you can’t shut down the district for a religious holiday that changes its date a few weeks out. Our society doesn’t function like that. You have testing dates, finals, non-refundable field trips, graduations, child care concerns, and who knows what else to consider.

Damn at how crazy all of you sound. The vote has not even taken place yet. I actually have a feeling that the loudest voices will win, so congrats in advance.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this going to happen every year? Is there a range of dates where Eid may fall that is reasonably known? I guess I don't understand how planning can be done for a district the size of APS when there is a floating holiday.

Apparently the date shifts by weeks from year to year due to the lunar calendar. Each particular instance can vary by a day or so because of something about the required observance is the moon a month before the actual holiday.

APS needs to be able to say that they are very sorry but it is just too hard for a public school to accommodate that, particularly so close to the end of the school year. But they seem incapable of saying no. Of course they should provide flexibility for students and teachers who are observing the holiday - but they should not be closing school.

I predict this is going to escalate in the news quickly- especially being an election year for governor.

I wish they would have given a bit more notice. I think even having this in ArlNow would have made a big impact on public response. I was speaking to other parents at a sports practice tonight and they had no idea.

Damn those wealthy north Arlington parents gonna sue APS.

I think it is worth looking into why the Muslim population of Arlington seems to get a lot of accommodation (space during Ramadan, holidays that can move causing significant disruption)

Anonymous wrote:Did the vote happen?

Not yet

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Still on the HR topic....

Did the vote happen?

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Anonymous wrote:Is this going to happen every year? Is there a range of dates where Eid may fall that is reasonably known? I guess I don't understand how planning can be done for a district the size of APS when there is a floating holiday.

Apparently the date shifts by weeks from year to year due to the lunar calendar. Each particular instance can vary by a day or so because of something about the required observance is the moon a month before the actual holiday.

APS needs to be able to say that they are very sorry but it is just too hard for a public school to accommodate that, particularly so close to the end of the school year. But they seem incapable of saying no. Of course they should provide flexibility for students and teachers who are observing the holiday - but they should not be closing school.

I predict this is going to escalate in the news quickly- especially being an election year for governor.

I wish they would have given a bit more notice. I think even having this in ArlNow would have made a big impact on public response. I was speaking to other parents at a sports practice tonight and they had no idea.

Damn those wealthy north Arlington parents gonna sue APS.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this going to happen every year? Is there a range of dates where Eid may fall that is reasonably known? I guess I don't understand how planning can be done for a district the size of APS when there is a floating holiday.

Apparently the date shifts by weeks from year to year due to the lunar calendar. Each particular instance can vary by a day or so because of something about the required observance is the moon a month before the actual holiday.

APS needs to be able to say that they are very sorry but it is just too hard for a public school to accommodate that, particularly so close to the end of the school year. But they seem incapable of saying no. Of course they should provide flexibility for students and teachers who are observing the holiday - but they should not be closing school.

I predict this is going to escalate in the news quickly- especially being an election year for governor.

I wish they would have given a bit more notice. I think even having this in ArlNow would have made a big impact on public response. I was speaking to other parents at a sports practice tonight and they had no idea.

People dont want to seem racist so they aren't talking about it on public forums. I commend TJ and WMS for sending notes to parents.

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Anonymous wrote:Someone needs to get Trump to shut down this nonsense. Take away federal funding if they don’t drop these religious days off for a public school.

repubs would be smart to run with this story.

Issues like these make moderates vote R.

Reasonable people should consider how this may backfire.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this going to happen every year? Is there a range of dates where Eid may fall that is reasonably known? I guess I don't understand how planning can be done for a district the size of APS when there is a floating holiday.

Apparently the date shifts by weeks from year to year due to the lunar calendar. Each particular instance can vary by a day or so because of something about the required observance is the moon a month before the actual holiday.

APS needs to be able to say that they are very sorry but it is just too hard for a public school to accommodate that, particularly so close to the end of the school year. But they seem incapable of saying no. Of course they should provide flexibility for students and teachers who are observing the holiday - but they should not be closing school.

I predict this is going to escalate in the news quickly- especially being an election year for governor.

I wish they would have given a bit more notice. I think even having this in ArlNow would have made a big impact on public response. I was speaking to other parents at a sports practice tonight and they had no idea.

That was probably no accident.