Posted on 09/23/2015 1:46:18 PM PDT by PROCON
School districts debate closing school for holidays observed by a growing number of students. As Eid al-Adha approaches, how will schools observe the holiday?
Public schools in the US close in observance of Christian holidays including Christmas and Easter, and now other religious denominations are asking for their holidays to be respected, too.
This Thursday is Eid al-Adha, or Feast of the Sacrifice, one of the biggest holidays of the year for Muslims, and school administrators must decide whether or not to close school for the day.
In New Jersey, where almost 2 percent of the population identifies as Muslim, several school districts have recognized Islam's holidays for years, reports NorthJersey.com. But some are holding back.
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The public schools here in NJ are still closed around the Christian holidays (with generic secular names); we could easily end up in a situation where winter break is moved into January and the spring break is moved away from Easter (which thankfully is always on a Sunday).
The Muslim swine might not realize it, but usually the closings on those days are because of the TEACHERS’ religions, not the students (where too many teachers would use personal days). A friend who taught in East Orange NJ (along the Newark Welfare Reservation’s border) had the Jewish holidays off, and that district hadn’t seen Jewish students in DECADES. They still had some Jewish teachers, though; that was the reason for the holidays.
No, but they should offer free ham and cheese sandwiches on those days.
I’m sure they will, even should it take a bomb threat from some unscrupulous person.
Note that I ***AM NOT*** advocating such.
And what Jewish holidays are they closed, which I assume is far greater than the 2% who self identify as Muslim?
Ahh, right, it has nothing to do with Christian holidays nor religious holidays at all - it has everything to do with appeasing the Muslim minority. Here's the trick, schools - exactly which branch of the Muslim religion are you going to appease, because if you make the wrong choice, the other branches will attack you for it.
Vegetables should have green beans with bacon bits, mashed potatoes with bacon bits and chives, corn buttered with small amount of bacon drippings....creamed peas with bacon dripping country gravy, carrots with bacon strips...
Biscuits should have cheese and bacon bits inside, buttered down, home made bread should be slattered in bacon drippings...
That should just about do it for muslim foods...
Government schools should be abolished.
Fuch no.
We should Thomas Jefferson their asses.
Just say no.
NO NO NO! DAMN IT, NO!
I don’t recall Jews asking for this special treatment.
In fact, the Jewish kids in my school always got their work ahead of time and turned it all in before their High Holidays, and would generally cram the tests in the day before or during lunch or after school.
But I guess muslims are “special.”
Christmas? Easter? Come on now! The first is a mid winter federal recognized break to take in New Years Day as most people are going places then, and EASTER is Always on the Weekend when schools are closed!
Other than teacher’s meetings I cannot remember when the schools closed down except for bad weather.
But of course, that is not what Islam is about. Islam means submission.
They haven’t closed for Jewish holidays. Sorry muzzies, go to the back of the line and wait your turn...
American public schools? NO!
No school should close for ANY religious holiday......
Remember 9-11! Tell these b@$%@rd$ no. These Islamists are out for one thing....to destroy us. We need a leader who will stand up to these scumbags.
Never ever should a school close for a Muzzie holiday. Never.
Govt indoctrination/brainwashing centers need to be closed. Period.
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