The official school line usually is that respecting Muslim holidays is cultural, while respecting Christian holidays is establishing religion. Go figure.
Another local school district, not too far this one, had lessons on Ramadan, but took great pains to avoid the words, Christmas or even Holiday. It referred to the Holiday season as Winter Wonderland or Festival of Lights. The school displayed a "Culture Tree" and sang "community carols". The educrats argued that strong references to Christmas promoted Christianity but lessons on Ramadan were meant to educate kids about the Middle East and give them a better understand of 9-11 and the Iraqi War.
Here's a suggestion: In the light of the re-election of President Bush and the buzz about Red States vs Blue States, teachers could educate kids about the sociological significance of Christmas to Red State voters. Kids would learn what Christmas and religion means to the so-called values voters.
Islam is a cult of murder, misogyny, pedophilia and lies. I can understand why the current crop of schools would find a reason to respect those values. It fits right in with the values of the ACLU.