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Why single out the Jews? Per your calendar is November 23rd & December 23rd your school is a single session (usually means they go in for attendance and then go home). Why?? Per your calendar January 2nd your school is closed. Why??
New Years Day falls on a Sunday so they give the next work day off.
I had never heard of Rosh Hashanah, and had to look it up. How to they schedule it? The Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar, so it's a different day every year, right? Like Ramadan?
I find it kind of pointless. There is far too few Jewish student in public school. I graduated from NYC public school and I don't recall seeing much Jews when I was there. Now, my kids are in public school in NJ and I don't think I recall using a single Jews.
I'm sure the quite few Jewish families who have children attending these public schools don't find it "pointless".
Back in the stone ages of the 1970's and 80's when I attended public school on Long Island, we certainly did have the High Holy Days off. You know what? We also learned Christmas carols in music class, and had Columbus Day off as well.
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Originally Posted by cw30000
I personally find the 180s days of school is not enough. Looking at the school year calendar, school close 2 to 5 days every months. The only month with no day off is March, which itself has 2 half-days session.
I'm sure you can find something edumacational to do with your kids on these days off.
Or, why not enroll them in a school that doesn't close for days that you don't approve of?
I had never heard of Rosh Hashanah, and had to look it up. How to they schedule it? The Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar, so it's a different day every year, right? Like Ramadan?
Yes, the dates of Jewish holidays vary from year to year. However, it's not rocket science to figure out the calendar.
I had never heard of Rosh Hashanah, and had to look it up. How to they schedule it? The Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar, so it's a different day every year, right? Like Ramadan?
In Baltimore County and City, MD, schools are closed for both jewish New Year and Yom Kippur. Reason is that there were so many student absences during these holidays in some schools, they lost funding. Baltimore has the second largest jewish population in the US, behind NYC, with a lot of public school students in the Northwest part of the city/county. Just a practical matter.
Are you sure about that? I would imagine South Florida and LA have larger Jewish populations than Baltimore.
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But the OP isn't complaining about their kid being home on a day that means nothing.