Religious Holidays in Public Schools

SassyLeo · 07-19-2010, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by cane

Where I live about 1/3 of the population are muslims. We don't have any official muslim holidays but the families that celebrate holidays of any religion that isn't christianity usually just go right ahead and keep their kids out of school, and for the most part schools are o.k. with that.

Futher on, when it comes to ramadan for example, some schools have delayed the start of the day to accomodate the kids that can not eat during the day and who usually, during that time, has been up very late in the night. Just one example.

Personally I think it's a beautiful thing when cultures are trying to come together like this so I would welcome any change...

Are the kids required to take sick days for being out of school? I hope they wouldn't be...

cane · 07-19-2010, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by SassyLeo

Are the kids required to take sick days for being out of school? I hope they wouldn't be...

No sick days, since they are not sick, but this is not an official term of action, it's just something the teachers has begun to do/let happen in all fairness.

But yes, a limited number of days for each student would maybe be a good idea, but of course tricky when it comes to scheduling

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