Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s embarrassing is you trying to make this a big deal when you literally know nothing about Eid and apparently think it’s like Christmas where it occurs the exact same day every calendar year . Exactly zero people are bothered by it being moved from Tuesday to Monday once the official date the holiday for our hemisphere was announced

This is false. Lots of people made plans and appointments for the day off school and no it shouldn’t be changed a month out.

The holiday isn’t for people making appointments, it’s for those celebrating Eid, which is not scheduled the same way as certain other holidays.

Sorry for your inconvenience!

In a place like DC where people work long hours and have very tightly controlled schedules and calendars, yes, people schedule appointments and arrange childcare around school closings. The courteous thing to do would be to let people know that a date is tentative and will be made final as it approaches. Changing it on people like this stinks.

Anonymous wrote:So you will be petitioning your school board to move winter break to January, between semesters, and therefore requesting school on Christmas Day, I assume.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So you will be petitioning your school board to move winter break to January, between semesters, and therefore requesting school on Christmas Day, I assume.

No, I won't because I have no legal basis to challenge winter break - it's secular.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s embarrassing is you trying to make this a big deal when you literally know nothing about Eid and apparently think it’s like Christmas where it occurs the exact same day every calendar year . Exactly zero people are bothered by it being moved from Tuesday to Monday once the official date the holiday for our hemisphere was announced

This is false. Lots of people made plans and appointments for the day off school and no it shouldn’t be changed a month out.

+1

I had a dr’s appointment planned for Monday and childcare lined up for Tuesday. So now I’m trying to reschedule things and may have to burn some leave if my childcare can’t be rearranged.

I don’t think I should have to possibly burn PTO and reschedule medical stuff to accommodate people’s religious beliefs. In fact, I don’t think the school calendar should be linked to any religion at all. And FWIW I’d be equally annoyed if suddenly Good Friday or whatever led to school calendar changes. Give people floating holidays instead of Christmas as a national holiday. Whatever. Just stop expecting others to cater to manmade beliefs. This country is too diverse to keep accommodating all this nonsense.

Your PTO and your childcare is not the schools school’s responsibility.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s embarrassing is you trying to make this a big deal when you literally know nothing about Eid and apparently think it’s like Christmas where it occurs the exact same day every calendar year . Exactly zero people are bothered by it being moved from Tuesday to Monday once the official date the holiday for our hemisphere was announced

This is false. Lots of people made plans and appointments for the day off school and no it shouldn’t be changed a month out.

The day off is for a religious holiday, not your dentist appointment, Brenda.

Anonymous wrote:So you will be petitioning your school board to move winter break to January, between semesters, and therefore requesting school on Christmas Day, I assume.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:School districts totally messed up here. There should have been asterisk next to the date denoting it was subject to change. Lots of staff made appts that day as they typically do on holidays. And yea there shouldn’t be holidays unless there’s a secular reason for it (such as high number of absences)

- signed an atheist staff member

Nobody cares if staff made appointments! The point was that Muslim students and staff would have the holiday off to celebrate, which they would’ve done whether it was the 2 or 3rd. It’s really beside the point if some teacher who doesn’t even know what Eid is or celebrate it has to move their dentist appointment now. That wasn’t the intention of the holiday.

-teacher

FCCPS did the same thing and the school board just voted to move the date yesterday. All of these districts should be embarrassed. It’s not about staff making dentist appointments. Are these districts providing daycare on the day off? My kids are older now so I’m not following that anymore. If you have a small child, now you need to arrange for a sitter on a different day. I hope their school daycare programs are still open but I’m doubtful since it’s a holiday.

Oh, FFS, not this again. Two years later and you STILL haven’t learned that the only person responsible for your children and their “childcare” is — gasp — YOU?

Anonymous wrote:What’s the new ACLU? They should so over this nonsense. We need separation of church and state. There should be a secular reason for public school to close on holiday (ie excessive absences).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s embarrassing is you trying to make this a big deal when you literally know nothing about Eid and apparently think it’s like Christmas where it occurs the exact same day every calendar year . Exactly zero people are bothered by it being moved from Tuesday to Monday once the official date the holiday for our hemisphere was announced

This is false. Lots of people made plans and appointments for the day off school and no it shouldn’t be changed a month out.

+1

I had a dr’s appointment planned for Monday and childcare lined up for Tuesday. So now I’m trying to reschedule things and may have to burn some leave if my childcare can’t be rearranged.

I don’t think I should have to possibly burn PTO and reschedule medical stuff to accommodate people’s religious beliefs. In fact, I don’t think the school calendar should be linked to any religion at all. And FWIW I’d be equally annoyed if suddenly Good Friday or whatever led to school calendar changes. Give people floating holidays instead of Christmas as a national holiday. Whatever. Just stop expecting others to cater to manmade beliefs. This country is too diverse to keep accommodating all this nonsense.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:School districts totally messed up here. There should have been asterisk next to the date denoting it was subject to change. Lots of staff made appts that day as they typically do on holidays. And yea there shouldn’t be holidays unless there’s a secular reason for it (such as high number of absences)

- signed an atheist staff member

Nobody cares if staff made appointments! The point was that Muslim students and staff would have the holiday off to celebrate, which they would’ve done whether it was the 2 or 3rd. It’s really beside the point if some teacher who doesn’t even know what Eid is or celebrate it has to move their dentist appointment now. That wasn’t the intention of the holiday.

-teacher

FCCPS did the same thing and the school board just voted to move the date yesterday. All of these districts should be embarrassed. It’s not about staff making dentist appointments. Are these districts providing daycare on the day off? My kids are older now so I’m not following that anymore. If you have a small child, now you need to arrange for a sitter on a different day. I hope their school daycare programs are still open but I’m doubtful since it’s a holiday.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is a religious holiday part of the LCPS public school calendar? Had no idea you all became extremists out there and forgot about separation of church and state.

I don’t think you know what separation of church and state means.

Really? So throwing in religious holidays, that have no secular purpose, into a public school is not state sanctioned religion? Christmas is not a religious holiday on the school calendar, it's winter break and has a secular purpose - it's a federal holiday and many non-Christians celebrate it as a secular holiday. Eid only benefits followers of a specific religion.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s embarrassing is you trying to make this a big deal when you literally know nothing about Eid and apparently think it’s like Christmas where it occurs the exact same day every calendar year . Exactly zero people are bothered by it being moved from Tuesday to Monday once the official date the holiday for our hemisphere was announced

This is false. Lots of people made plans and appointments for the day off school and no it shouldn’t be changed a month out.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is Eid??

Asking for 90% of Loudoun County.

Anonymous wrote:And now have to switch it at the last minute! Did they not check with anyone, look it up, verify anything? It’s so embarrassing for them.