Anonymous
Post 02/10/2016 13:36     Subject: Diwali peition
Anonymous wrote:The day after Western Easter is a RELIGIOUS holiday?


I have no idea, I am not religious. I thought it was… didn't you say it is a holiday right now? So, why is it a holiday? PP again.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2016 13:27     Subject: Diwali peition
The day after Western Easter is a RELIGIOUS holiday?
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2016 13:16     Subject: Diwali peition
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Well, ok, there's one person. Would you still travel back on Easter Monday if Good Friday/Easter/Easter Monday weren't part of MCPS spring break?


I would - air fares are less, roads are not as busy and I don't want to leave on Easter Sunday. Even during the summer, we travel back on an "off" day to avoid congestion and take advantage of lower fares.


Ok, then you'd miss school because air fares are less, roads are not as busy and you don't want to leave on Easter Sunday. That's fine with me. Is it fine with you?


Yes, as long as it is an excused absence.


Excused for cheaper air fares and less busy roads?

Well hell yeah if I can get that as an excused absence anytime we travel too!



No, excused because it is a religious holiday. I'm not pp who travels on those days, but the one who answered above that it would be fine with me if the schools are open on those days.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2016 13:02     Subject: Diwali peition
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Well, ok, there's one person. Would you still travel back on Easter Monday if Good Friday/Easter/Easter Monday weren't part of MCPS spring break?


I would - air fares are less, roads are not as busy and I don't want to leave on Easter Sunday. Even during the summer, we travel back on an "off" day to avoid congestion and take advantage of lower fares.


Ok, then you'd miss school because air fares are less, roads are not as busy and you don't want to leave on Easter Sunday. That's fine with me. Is it fine with you?


Yes, as long as it is an excused absence.


Excused for cheaper air fares and less busy roads?

Well hell yeah if I can get that as an excused absence anytime we travel too!

Anonymous
Post 02/10/2016 12:59     Subject: Diwali peition
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Well, ok, there's one person. Would you still travel back on Easter Monday if Good Friday/Easter/Easter Monday weren't part of MCPS spring break?


I would - air fares are less, roads are not as busy and I don't want to leave on Easter Sunday. Even during the summer, we travel back on an "off" day to avoid congestion and take advantage of lower fares.


Ok, then you'd miss school because air fares are less, roads are not as busy and you don't want to leave on Easter Sunday. That's fine with me. Is it fine with you?


Yes, as long as it is an excused absence.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2016 08:48     Subject: Diwali peition
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Well, ok, there's one person. Would you still travel back on Easter Monday if Good Friday/Easter/Easter Monday weren't part of MCPS spring break?


I would - air fares are less, roads are not as busy and I don't want to leave on Easter Sunday. Even during the summer, we travel back on an "off" day to avoid congestion and take advantage of lower fares.


Ok, then you'd miss school because air fares are less, roads are not as busy and you don't want to leave on Easter Sunday. That's fine with me. Is it fine with you?
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2016 08:44     Subject: Diwali peition
Anonymous wrote:Well, ok, there's one person. Would you still travel back on Easter Monday if Good Friday/Easter/Easter Monday weren't part of MCPS spring break?


I would - air fares are less, roads are not as busy and I don't want to leave on Easter Sunday. Even during the summer, we travel back on an "off" day to avoid congestion and take advantage of lower fares.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2016 08:42     Subject: Diwali peition
Anonymous wrote:Well, ok, there's one person. Would you still travel back on Easter Monday if Good Friday/Easter/Easter Monday weren't part of MCPS spring break?


I would - air fares are less, roads are not as busy and I don't want to leave on Easter Sunday. Even during the summer, we travel back on an "off" day to avoid congestion and take advantage of lower fares.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2016 07:48     Subject: Diwali peition
Anonymous wrote:Most countries close for Christmas. It has nothing to do with the religion but most federal governments close around the world so others do the same, even if they don't celebrate.


Whole countries shut down for Christmas, with paid time off and everything, just because other countries shut down for Christmas? The things I learn on DCUM.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2016 07:02     Subject: Re:Diwali peition
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

That's not a threshold. What threshold do you want? >20%? OK, let's say that if >20% of students or teachers are out, then the schools should close. Otherwise, the schools should stay open.

For which of these current MCPS closures would >20% of students or teachers be out, if there were school (in calendar-year order)?

Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
Good Friday
Easter Monday


All of them


Let's examine those assumptions.

For the first two -- the MCPS student population is currently 37% white. Let's assume, for the purpose of calculation, that all Jews in Montgomery County, who are observant enough to stay home for the High Holy Days, are white. (I know that's not true, but it's close enough to true for this purpose.) In that case, at least 54% of white students (more than half) in MCPS would have to be Jews observant enough to stay out of school on the High Holy Days. Do you think that's accurate?

For the next two -- well, as far as I know, I've met one person in my whole life who didn't work/go to school/teach on Western Good Friday (she was Episcopalian). And I've never met anybody who didn't work/go to school/teach on Western Easter Monday, which for Western Christianity is just the day after Western Easter. So although I only have my own anecdotes to go on, I find it very very very very very hard to believe that 1 in 5 students (or teachers) in Montgomery County would stay home on either of those days, and especially on Easter Monday.


I am Catholic. When I worked in the private sector, I always took off Good Friday. Now I'm a teacher, so I have it off anyway, but if school were held on Good Fridays, I would always be absent that day. I attend Mass and the Stations of the Cross. It is a day of fasting and deep reflection for me.
Anonymous
Post 02/10/2016 00:13     Subject: Diwali peition
Most countries close for Christmas. It has nothing to do with the religion but most federal governments close around the world so others do the same, even if they don't celebrate.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2016 18:27     Subject: Diwali peition
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Do schools in India close for Christmas or recognize it on their calendar?


Do you ever read through entire threads or just jump in with contrarian questions?

Yes. YES. YES. They do. That question has been asked multiple times. Multiple answers too.



Actually it wasn't contrarian, I was actually curious as it might sway my opinion but I didn't have time to read 16 pages (!!) of a thread.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2016 18:13     Subject: Diwali peition
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Do schools in India close for Christmas or recognize it on their calendar?


The topic under discussion is the MCPS calendar. MCPS is in Montgomery County, which is in Maryland, which is in the US.


MoCo: Love it or leave it.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2016 17:59     Subject: Diwali peition
Well, ok, there's one person. Would you still travel back on Easter Monday if Good Friday/Easter/Easter Monday weren't part of MCPS spring break?
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2016 17:52     Subject: Re:Diwali peition
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

That's not a threshold. What threshold do you want? >20%? OK, let's say that if >20% of students or teachers are out, then the schools should close. Otherwise, the schools should stay open.

For which of these current MCPS closures would >20% of students or teachers be out, if there were school (in calendar-year order)?

Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
Good Friday
Easter Monday


All of them


Let's examine those assumptions.

For the first two -- the MCPS student population is currently 37% white. Let's assume, for the purpose of calculation, that all Jews in Montgomery County, who are observant enough to stay home for the High Holy Days, are white. (I know that's not true, but it's close enough to true for this purpose.) In that case, at least 54% of white students (more than half) in MCPS would have to be Jews observant enough to stay out of school on the High Holy Days. Do you think that's accurate?

For the next two -- well, as far as I know, I've met one person in my whole life who didn't work/go to school/teach on Western Good Friday (she was Episcopalian). And I've never met anybody who didn't work/go to school/teach on Western Easter Monday, which for Western Christianity is just the day after Western Easter. So although I only have my own anecdotes to go on, I find it very very very very very hard to believe that 1 in 5 students (or teachers) in Montgomery County would stay home on either of those days, and especially on Easter Monday.


We always travel back on Easter Monday - I know several others that do this as well. Just as the day after Thanksgiving is a day off for many due to travel.