Anonymous
Post 09/09/2012 09:33     Subject: Why MCPS off for all Jewish holidays??
Anonymous wrote:Actually the day after Easter, Easter Monday, is a STATE holiday. All state offices are closed, and I beleive the state forces all public schools to be closed that day as well.

The percentage of teachers who are Jewish has decreased over the past few decades, but it still would be difficult to find subs for all of them should schools be open on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

I wonder if MCPS will continue to close on the Jewish holidays going forward, however. As our county becomes more diverse, I believe there will be a push to close on religious holidays other than those that are Christian and Jewish. The Board coould respond by not closing on any of them, well not on the Jewish ones. Ain't no way they'd open on Christmas!


http://www.dsd.state.md.us/UsefulInfo/Holidays.aspx

The Monday after Easter is not a state holiday and from the looks of past state calendars never has been.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2012 22:25     Subject: Re:Why MCPS off for all Jewish holidays??
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Thirty years ago, half of teachers in MCPS were Jews. There would be not teacher for the classroom if they kept the school open!! Be happy they are here to teach our kids in MCPS. My daughter had a new teacher when she was in 4th grade and he cannot convert division to fraction correctly in the first open house day!




That is total b.s. In the Jewish community going into teaching is looked down on as being inferior. Jewish people push their children towards becoming attorneys and doctors. Some slip through and do become teachers. I even met a Jewish county police officer once.


This isn't anti-semitic AT ALL.




Any Jewish person who is not afraid to tell the truth want to comment?
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2012 20:05     Subject: Re:Why MCPS off for all Jewish holidays??
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Thirty years ago, half of teachers in MCPS were Jews. There would be not teacher for the classroom if they kept the school open!! Be happy they are here to teach our kids in MCPS. My daughter had a new teacher when she was in 4th grade and he cannot convert division to fraction correctly in the first open house day!




That is total b.s. In the Jewish community going into teaching is looked down on as being inferior. Jewish people push their children towards becoming attorneys and doctors. Some slip through and do become teachers. I even met a Jewish county police officer once.


ok

way to support people who teach YOUR children and keep your community safe

moron
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2012 19:18     Subject: Re:Why MCPS off for all Jewish holidays??
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Thirty years ago, half of teachers in MCPS were Jews. There would be not teacher for the classroom if they kept the school open!! Be happy they are here to teach our kids in MCPS. My daughter had a new teacher when she was in 4th grade and he cannot convert division to fraction correctly in the first open house day!




That is total b.s. In the Jewish community going into teaching is looked down on as being inferior. Jewish people push their children towards becoming attorneys and doctors. Some slip through and do become teachers. I even met a Jewish county police officer once.


This isn't anti-semitic AT ALL.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2012 16:08     Subject: Re:Why MCPS off for all Jewish holidays??
Anonymous wrote:Thirty years ago, half of teachers in MCPS were Jews. There would be not teacher for the classroom if they kept the school open!! Be happy they are here to teach our kids in MCPS. My daughter had a new teacher when she was in 4th grade and he cannot convert division to fraction correctly in the first open house day!




That is total b.s. In the Jewish community going into teaching is looked down on as being inferior. Jewish people push their children towards becoming attorneys and doctors. Some slip through and do become teachers. I even met a Jewish county police officer once.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2012 13:45     Subject: Re:Why MCPS off for all Jewish holidays??
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Thirty years ago, half of teachers in MCPS were Jews. There would be not teacher for the classroom if they kept the school open!! Be happy they are here to teach our kids in MCPS. My daughter had a new teacher when she was in 4th grade and he cannot convert division to fraction correctly in the first open house day!


I bet he could write better than you!


I know, right? This looks like it says "non-Jews can't do fractions." WTH?
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2012 13:38     Subject: Why MCPS off for all Jewish holidays??
Are the MCPS closed on Sundays because all those influential Jews go to church on Sundays?

Man, they're messing up everything. T
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2012 12:44     Subject: Re:Why MCPS off for all Jewish holidays??
Anonymous wrote:Thirty years ago, half of teachers in MCPS were Jews. There would be not teacher for the classroom if they kept the school open!! Be happy they are here to teach our kids in MCPS. My daughter had a new teacher when she was in 4th grade and he cannot convert division to fraction correctly in the first open house day!


I bet he could write better than you!
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2012 10:25     Subject: Why MCPS off for all Jewish holidays??
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The easy answer is that Montgomery County, especially the west side, is full of Jews.

Jews have a lot of political pull and their campaign contributions are important.


So glad someone has finally just been bold enough to state this truth. Why else would everything in America close on December 25th?


This sounds like you're saying: if Jews had more political sway, everything would stay open on December 25.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2012 10:23     Subject: Re:Why MCPS off for all Jewish holidays??
The state of Maryland requires that ALL public schools be closed on the following days:
MLK Day
President's Day
Good Friday through the day after Easter
Memorial Day
Thanksgiving Day and the day after
Christmas Eve Day through the end of the year

Other days off are determined at the County level.

http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/holidayp.html

http://marylandpublicschools.org/NR/rdonlyres/6B92838F-23CC-4A11-BA51-CF26F0150803/32760/School_OpeningsClosings_List_201213_r0702.pdf
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2012 10:18     Subject: Re:Why MCPS off for all Jewish holidays??
Thirty years ago, half of teachers in MCPS were Jews. There would be not teacher for the classroom if they kept the school open!! Be happy they are here to teach our kids in MCPS. My daughter had a new teacher when she was in 4th grade and he cannot convert division to fraction correctly in the first open house day!
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2012 09:16     Subject: Why MCPS off for all Jewish holidays??
I'd bet that within five years schools will be closed for Muslim holidays.
Anonymous
Post 09/08/2012 08:46     Subject: Re:Why MCPS off for all Jewish holidays??
Actually the day after Easter, Easter Monday, is a STATE holiday. All state offices are closed, and I beleive the state forces all public schools to be closed that day as well.

The percentage of teachers who are Jewish has decreased over the past few decades, but it still would be difficult to find subs for all of them should schools be open on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

I wonder if MCPS will continue to close on the Jewish holidays going forward, however. As our county becomes more diverse, I believe there will be a push to close on religious holidays other than those that are Christian and Jewish. The Board coould respond by not closing on any of them, well not on the Jewish ones. Ain't no way they'd open on Christmas!


What? No, Easter Monday is not a state holiday in Maryland. Further, Columbus Day and Veterans Day ARE state holidays in MD, yet the MoCo schools are open (yay!)

Anonymous
Post 09/08/2012 07:56     Subject: Why MCPS off for all Jewish holidays??
Anonymous wrote:The easy answer is that Montgomery County, especially the west side, is full of Jews.

Jews have a lot of political pull and their campaign contributions are important.


So glad someone has finally just been bold enough to state this truth. Why else would everything in America close on December 25th?
Anonymous
Post 09/07/2012 22:21     Subject: Why MCPS off for all Jewish holidays??
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm in my 40s and moved from DCPS to MCPS during elementary school (junior high for my older sibling) and recall being surprised that MCPS was open for Columbus Day and Veterans Day but very pleasantly surprised to find out that MCPS was closed for Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah.




Columbus Day and Veterans Day ceased being school holidays the year that the Jews insisted that their holidays become school holidays. Its a fact.


Imagine the ski trips we could take if we had February Break, instead of a break scheduled around Christmas!


How about both, as they do in New England?