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Post by mymindseyedpea on Sept 23, 2015 1:13:33 GMT
My dd's school gets out early tomorrow and she told me that other schools won't even be in session.
I'm sure schools don't celebrate the equinox so just wondering if this is a district thing or a nation.
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Post by kellybelly77 on Sept 23, 2015 1:16:26 GMT
We have school tomorrow here in Kansas!
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Post by heltr on Sept 23, 2015 1:17:38 GMT
No - we have off for Yom Kippur
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Post by mvavw on Sept 23, 2015 1:17:12 GMT
I'm in NY and we're off for Yom Kippur.
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Post by perumbula on Sept 23, 2015 1:17:24 GMT
I think it's a district thing. Every district has their own traditions. There are districts in my state that get out for a week for potato harvest, and not a small number who break for the first day of deer hunting season (but not elk, sheep, duck, etc. just deer and the gun hunt, not the bow hunt.) Our district had several years that they had a holiday on November 1st. I secretly called it the "teachers don't want to deal with kids who overate candy the night before and stayed up way too late and now all have a candy hangover" break. They called it an inservice day.  |
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Post by epeanymous on Sept 23, 2015 1:17:45 GMT
We have a half day, but it is a teacher professional development day, not an equinox celebration.
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Post by quiltz on Sept 23, 2015 1:18:15 GMT
Our district tends to put the PA days onto long weekends, such as the Friday before Canadian Thanksgiving, the Friday before Family Day.
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Post by myshelly on Sept 23, 2015 1:23:39 GMT
We are all in school tomorrow.
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Post by littlemama on Sept 23, 2015 1:25:57 GMT
Yes, of course. We don't just have random Wednesdays off.
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Post by scrappinghappy on Sept 23, 2015 1:28:03 GMT
No school here. All the districts are closed for Yom Kippur.
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Post by Dixie Lou on Sept 23, 2015 1:29:48 GMT
We're in school tomorrow. We've never had a Wednesday off unless it was for a snow day. (except for Christmas, etc)
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Post by kellybelly77 on Sept 23, 2015 1:34:48 GMT
Yes, of course. We don't just have random Wednesdays off. On that same note, our district has started early release on Wednesdays. Every other Wednesday we get out 45 min early so the teachers can have collaboration time. |
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Post by bluepoprocks on Sept 23, 2015 1:35:34 GMT
We have school tomorrow. I'm in Pennsylvania.
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Post by Merge on Sept 23, 2015 1:38:51 GMT
Off for Yom Kippur.
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Post by Pahina722 on Sept 23, 2015 1:39:36 GMT
According to Wikipedia, Jews account for .15% of our population, so, no, we don't get off for Yom Kippur. Nor do we get off for Ash Wednesday, Mardi Gras, or any other religious holiday for any religion--even though we are smack dab in the middle of the Bible Belt.
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Post by gorgeouskid on Sept 23, 2015 1:40:59 GMT
Yes, but he attends a Catholic school. When he was in public school they had an unassigned day off because of Yom Kippur.
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Post by mymindseyedpea on Sept 23, 2015 1:41:20 GMT
I didn't even look at the calendar  Now I'm going to go google Yom Kippur :embarrassed: |
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Post by Flowergirl on Sept 23, 2015 1:53:46 GMT
Our school is off in recognition of Yom Kippur. Most of the larger schools in our area are off while the smaller districts are still in session.
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Post by librarylady on Sept 23, 2015 1:59:07 GMT
Schools with a large Jewish population observe Jewish holy days.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2015 1:59:19 GMT
I don't remember being off in prior years, but tomorrow is voluntary staff development and kids are out... I like having a random Wednesday off school
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2015 2:00:52 GMT
Central NJ here and they have off for Yom Kippur.
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Post by freecharlie on Sept 23, 2015 2:06:03 GMT
Yes
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2015 2:11:45 GMT
School's in session tomorrow. However, I've been told that any Jewish students that miss school for any of their holidays are excused. When I asked my school secretary friend how do they know which ones are Jewish vs those who skip, she said the practicing Jewish families usually note in their children's files that they are Jewish.
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Post by utmr on Sept 23, 2015 2:16:14 GMT
We're off for what is diplomatically called "Fall Holiday" on the official calendar. Coincidentally, it always falls on Yom Kuppur (except for the years in which is happens to fall on Rosh Hashana).
In the spring we will have "Spring Holiday" which happens to fall on Good Friday.
Our district is really good about trying to accommodate holidays. A couple of years ago the holiday fell on Friday night. Our football game was rescheduled to Thursday without any request or discussion that I was aware of.
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Post by utmr on Sept 23, 2015 2:19:42 GMT
School's in session tomorrow. However, I've been told that any Jewish students that miss school for any of their holidays are excused. When I asked my school secretary friend how do they know which ones are Jewish vs those who skip, she said the practicing Jewish families usually note in their children's files that they are Jewish. n Texas law requires that absences for religious reasons be automatically excused. We've never ever had an issue. I just send a note and there has never been any comment. But we are in a big urban district. I suspect if we were in the country it would be a different story. |
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Post by littlemama on Sept 23, 2015 2:26:00 GMT
Yes, of course. We don't just have random Wednesdays off. On that same note, our district has started early release on Wednesdays. Every other Wednesday we get out 45 min early so the teachers can have collaboration time. We get out an hour early every Wednesday. They added 15 minutes to the other four days. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2015 2:33:03 GMT
We are off all week for Eid. The foreign schools here close Thursday and Friday to observe.
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Post by leeny on Sept 23, 2015 2:38:55 GMT
According to Wikipedia, Jews account for .15% of our population, so, no, we don't get off for Yom Kippur. Nor do we get off for Ash Wednesday, Mardi Gras, or any other religious holiday for any religion--even though we are smack dab in the middle of the Bible Belt. You aren't off for Easter or Christmas (now known as Spring Break and Winter Break)? One of the districts near us had off in February between President's holidays for Ski Week. Too many kids were out so the district decided to close down. |
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Post by Darcy Collins on Sept 23, 2015 2:43:03 GMT
According to Wikipedia, Jews account for .15% of our population, so, no, we don't get off for Yom Kippur. Nor do we get off for Ash Wednesday, Mardi Gras, or any other religious holiday for any religion--even though we are smack dab in the middle of the Bible Belt. You aren't off for Easter or Christmas (now known as Spring Break and Winter Break)? One of the districts near us had off in February between President's holidays for Ski Week. Too many kids were out so the district decided to close down. Our Spring Break isn't connected to Easter (it's a Sunday, so obviously we're not in school the actual day). We always have the last week in March off - so sometimes it's several weeks different that Easter. School's in session tomorrow for my kids. |
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Post by ntsf on Sept 23, 2015 2:45:46 GMT
we have cesar chavez day off, lunar new year, and no jewish holidays off. but it is no problem to miss school for this.
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