To: teacherwoes
"It was absolutely an error of omission," district spokeswoman Terren Roloff said. "In our efforts to be inclusive, we missed the obvious."Yeah, right!
2 posted on
11/30/2007 1:45:06 PM PST by
50mm
(Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist - G. Carlin)
To: teacherwoes
"Our focus is education," she said....but we're too ignorant to remember the date of the Christmas holiday
3 posted on
11/30/2007 1:45:48 PM PST by
madison10
To: teacherwoes
I’m not as bothered by the fact that they missed Christmas as I am by the fact that included Kwaanza and other religious holidays.
Everyone knows when Christmas is. It’s a federal holiday, and nearly everyone gets the day off. (I heard that some Jewish-owned companies work on Christmas, which just seems strange to me.)
Wasn’t Kwaanza started by some rapist or something?
4 posted on
11/30/2007 1:49:17 PM PST by
RussP
To: Libertina; rahbert; luckymom; Paperdoll; gandalftb; acoulterfan; KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle; ...
Say WA? Evergreen State ping
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Ping sionnsar if you see a Washington state related thread.
5 posted on
11/30/2007 1:50:33 PM PST by
sionnsar
(trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
To: teacherwoes
Hanukkah, Human Rights Day, winter break, the Islamic holy day
Eid al-Adha, first day of winter and Kwanzaa all made the list.
But no Christmas.
Yeah, Hanukkah and Eid al-Adha aren't holidays associated with
particular religions.
So I guess it's right-thinking to even leave off the reason
we have an actual HolyDay celebration on Dec. 25th.
Because it is.
(/SARC!)
6 posted on
11/30/2007 1:50:50 PM PST by
VOA
To: teacherwoes
Parents, pull your kids from that school and tell the administration you’ll return them when the calendar is corrected. If enough parents cause financial hardship for the district, they’ll listen.
11 posted on
11/30/2007 2:02:38 PM PST by
Dr. Eckleburg
("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
To: teacherwoes
“Christmas is so dominant in our society. I don’t know that anyone should feel slighted,” Harper said......Sure!
To: teacherwoes
You can bet they wouldn’t miss putting the date Pproperty taxes were due on any calender.
15 posted on
11/30/2007 2:18:05 PM PST by
TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
(There once was a dream called, "Hippy Beat Down." The mere whisper of if caused cops to weep.)
To: teacherwoes
in an age of political correctness, Christians are being overlooked in favor of other cultures and beliefs. Christians are not being overlooked; they're being disrespected, as is our Lord and Savior. May He forgive them for what they do.
19 posted on
11/30/2007 3:40:36 PM PST by
MSSC6644
(Defeat Satan. Pray the Rosary)
To: metmom; Tired of Taxes; DaveLoneRanger; Aquinasfan
It says much about public education that most people aren’t even surprised by things like this.
I thought The Grinch Who Stole Christmas was a fictional character. Looks like we found Another Reason To Homeschool.
20 posted on
11/30/2007 4:17:45 PM PST by
Clintonfatigued
(You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
To: teacherwoes
unfortunately, that’s being done all around the country.
25 posted on
12/08/2007 6:06:06 PM PST by
Coleus
(Happy Chanukah)
To: teacherwoes
JUST AN OVERSIGHT, WE’RE SURE
“In a December newsletter to the families of elementary school students, Spokane (Wa.) Public Schools’ list of ‘important dates’ didn’t include Christmas. Hanukkah, Human Rights Day, winter break, the Islamic holy day Eid al-Adha, first day of winter and Kwanzaa all made the list. But no Christmas.”
- Wire service report, 12/1/07
26 posted on
12/16/2007 7:09:24 PM PST by
Coleus
To: teacherwoes
Anybody notice how Dec. 7th is falling off the radar as well?
28 posted on
12/16/2007 7:44:18 PM PST by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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