Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aren't we a secular public school system?

A secular public school system— that, conveniently, schedules to accommodate some religious holidays but not others.

FCPS didn't have any religious holidays until the School Board added them.

Before it was called Winter Break it was called Christmas Break......

Not in the past 20 years since I have had kids in school.

I think that change happened in the 1980s.

Anonymous wrote:The holiday begins on Friday the 6th at sundown. There’s no need to close schools during the day, the holiday hasn’t started yet.

No, because of the timing of the viewing of the moon, the holiday is moved up a day in North America, to begin Thursday at sundown. Hence the proposal last week in APS to close school on Friday 6/6. Due to objections from various parties, that proposal was (narrowly) defeated.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aren't we a secular public school system?

A secular public school system— that, conveniently, schedules to accommodate some religious holidays but not others.

FCPS didn't have any religious holidays until the School Board added them.

Before it was called Winter Break it was called Christmas Break......

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aren't we a secular public school system?

A secular public school system— that, conveniently, schedules to accommodate some religious holidays but not others.

FCPS didn't have any religious holidays until the School Board added them.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aren't we a secular public school system?

A secular public school system— that, conveniently, schedules to accommodate some religious holidays but not others.

I think the word secular is the confusing part for you. It’s not a religious curriculum. They can choose to have school on any days they choose or not choose.

Anonymous wrote:Aren't we a secular public school system?

A secular public school system— that, conveniently, schedules to accommodate some religious holidays but not others.

Anonymous wrote:Didn't Eid already happen in March? I am so confused.

Eid means festival in Arabic, there are a couple religious holidays with Eid in the name. This one is different than the one in March.

The holiday begins on Friday the 6th at sundown. There’s no need to close schools during the day, the holiday hasn’t started yet.

Anonymous wrote:Arlington is not closing, the OP is wrong.

I think it was proposed, and they had to take a vote on it in the past few days or so.

It's hilarious that it was even a possibility.

Arlington is not closing, the OP is wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:Looking through the equity lens, ask yourself if this is indeed equitable.

Excused absence is the equitable solution, closing a school system for a day is not.

They should allow excused absences, but in the past the concern has been not for student absences but staff. Especially bus drivers and classroom IA’s. They have been concerned about not being able to be fully staffed during these holidays.

I don’t think they will close at this point, but if they do, it’s because of staffing.

Didn't Eid already happen in March? I am so confused.

This is why mcps couldn’t use the June 6th “professional day”as a make up day for snow.

They aren’t closing.

Anonymous wrote:Moco had June 6 off all along. Other local districts should have done the same

No.

If they give off in zjune, FCPS just needs to make that day the first day of summer vacation and not a day off.

There should be no days off in June.