Huh? This has nothing to do with it, unless your argument it "we waste a lot of money anyway, so I support wasting it in this case."
That's a silly argument. Waste is waste.
Plus, I believe you posted the pretense of most of the children being absent from school that day anyway to change the argument to about me wanting to waste tax payers money.
The argument is about whether it makes sense for this school to close on this day. From the article (it would help if you read it):
Superintendent of Schools Ernest Smith said community leaders convinced the school board that sufficient numbers of students and teachers observe the holiday and planned to be absent from school on the Eid holiday. Paterson, with its large Arab-American population, started giving students off for Eid about three years ago.
So, it seems that the factor of how many student would miss the day is the detemining factor. It's not a "pretense." I didn't change the argument, you did. The school is making a rational decision, and certain elements here want to make it about something else.
Why don't you trying supporting that theory first; then I'll engage with you about me wanting to waste tax payers money.
I just did. I read the article.
Now, what do you think the decision is about, and why do you support wasting taxpayer money?
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