Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:O'Neill voted against the EID proposal in Nov the basis that it would create a big calendar mess. Guess she was right.

Kauffman was the other member who voted against Eid. He deserves praise, too!

What did he say?

Anonymous wrote:O'Neill voted against the EID proposal in Nov the basis that it would create a big calendar mess. Guess she was right.

Kauffman was the other member who voted against Eid. He deserves praise, too!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:O'Neill voted against the EID proposal in Nov the basis that it would create a big calendar mess. Guess she was right.

Maybe she can persuade them now.

Fingers crossed.

Anonymous wrote:O'Neill voted against the EID proposal in Nov the basis that it would create a big calendar mess. Guess she was right.

Maybe she can persuade them now.

O'Neill voted against the EID proposal in Nov the basis that it would create a big calendar mess. Guess she was right.

Anonymous wrote:I remember hearing from all my family and friends when our wonderful BOE decided to get rid of all holidays on the calendar. It was such a joke on national news, social media and we were the laughing stock of so many people complaining how liberal, strange and way too PC our area is.

And now we have a professional day on Eid next year???? I can't even. LOL

+1

Everyone was posting about this on FB last year. Now look at us.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are they afraid of giving a threshold because they think people will abuse the policy by picking random days of school to miss to legitimize days off?

Didn't they have a threshold prior to this year?

I don't think there would be enough of a unified effort within MCPS to legitimize a "random day" off. Certainly the Day before Thanksgiving has higher than normal absenteeism. And that day isn't a holiday/day off/Day of PD.

No. For the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur closings, what they had was something something 1970s absenteeism something something mumble.

And a lawsuit, too.

Darn Jewish lawyers

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are they afraid of giving a threshold because they think people will abuse the policy by picking random days of school to miss to legitimize days off?

Didn't they have a threshold prior to this year?

I don't think there would be enough of a unified effort within MCPS to legitimize a "random day" off. Certainly the Day before Thanksgiving has higher than normal absenteeism. And that day isn't a holiday/day off/Day of PD.

No. For the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur closings, what they had was something something 1970s absenteeism something something mumble.

And a lawsuit, too.

Someone write to the BOE and tell them to read DCUM. We can solve their problems.

Anonymous wrote:Is it possible for the BOE to reverese course on their vote to allow a day off for Eid?

Isn't possible that the holiday may actually fall on Sunday and therefore not even require a day off?

Can they say they made the best attempt possible to accommodate this year but could not make it work and then begin implementing in 2017-2018?

That would be the best case scenario.

Here is the response I received to my e-mail:

"I would like to circle back on your e-mail message with an update. The Board members take your views seriously, and we always are eager to get your input on matters before the Board. You will be pleased to know that the decision on the calendar has been postponed to another time later this month by which time we would have weighed input from all key stakeholders. We may not make decisions that are popular with all, but we want to listen to you because we care about your views. I have shared your e-mail message with members of the Board, the interim superintendent of schools and appropriate staff because I believe it is important that they all hear from you. Again, thanks for sharing your thoughts."

Is it possible for the BOE to reverese course on their vote to allow a day off for Eid?

Isn't possible that the holiday may actually fall on Sunday and therefore not even require a day off?

Can they say they made the best attempt possible to accommodate this year but could not make it work and then begin implementing in 2017-2018?

The BOE looks incompetent on this issue so far. Hopefully they will have a more coherent plan when they meet again.

I remember hearing from all my family and friends when our wonderful BOE decided to get rid of all holidays on the calendar. It was such a joke on national news, social media and we were the laughing stock of so many people complaining how liberal, strange and way too PC our area is.

And now we have a professional day on Eid next year???? I can't even. LOL

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are they afraid of giving a threshold because they think people will abuse the policy by picking random days of school to miss to legitimize days off?

Didn't they have a threshold prior to this year?

I don't think there would be enough of a unified effort within MCPS to legitimize a "random day" off. Certainly the Day before Thanksgiving has higher than normal absenteeism. And that day isn't a holiday/day off/Day of PD.

No. For the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur closings, what they had was something something 1970s absenteeism something something mumble.