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To: SoothingDave
I didn't ask. It is a rhetorical statement because they do not.

Private Islamic schools do not give off for nonmuslim holidays. Nor do Jewish schools.

I don't support Public schools giving off for non Christian holidays.
42 posted on 11/14/2003 1:55:47 PM PST by Calpernia (Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
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To: Calpernia
Private Islamic schools do not give off for nonmuslim holidays. Nor do Jewish schools.

If half of a Jewish school's students were Christians, they would. It's just not common the way a large percentage of some area's Catholic schools are non-Christian.

I don't support Public schools giving off for non Christian holidays.

Why do you support giving Christian holidays off?

Furthermore, why would you support wasting taxpayer money?

SD

45 posted on 11/14/2003 1:58:43 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: Calpernia
I don't support Public schools giving off for non Christian holidays.

Dude, public school's aren't Christian schools. Accordingly, the decisions about which days to give off must be dictated by practicality. I went to a public high school that was about 30% Jewish, both students and teachers. The school couldn't function if 1/3 children and teachers didn't show up on Yom Kippur and Rosh HaShana, so they closed the school. That simple. For the same reason, even the Friends school (which, despite its affiliation, was also about 30% Jewish) in my neighborhood gave off for Yom Kippur. Of course, all these schools gave off for major Christian holidays too.

Conversely, the Catholic school with basically zero Jewish students/teachers didn't give off for Jewish holidays, and the Jewish school, with zero Christian students/teachers, didn't give off for Christian holidays.

Similarly, if a school in NJ or Detroit has a large Muslim population, it's inefficient to hold school on Eid because a lot of people won't show up. Not only will the school have a hell of a time finding enough substitute teachers, but lessons learned that day to the Christian/Jewish students will basically have to be retaught the day after.

79 posted on 11/14/2003 4:16:04 PM PST by ChicagoHebrew
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