In my experience, school children of non-Christian faiths are excused from
school for religious holidays.
You either close
school for every religious holiday or none.
So Muslims want days off from
school for their religious holidays???, when the moderate Muslims start to profess their outrage at the radical Muslims then we'll think about it.
I would say that we shouldn't include taking days off from
school for these religious holidays.
But we now have gone to «winter break» and «spring break», because people felt that giving children time off from
school for religious holidays was pretty darn close to violating the sacred seperation of church and state.
We should not close our public
schools for ANY religious holiday.
Not exact matches
They should ban any kind of acknowledgment of
religious holidays, including Christmas, or make sure there are NO
school or government events
for EVERY religion.
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for elementary students.
Public
school should not be let out
for ANY
religious holiday!!!
I can't believe that we are actually considering this, I'm not fond of all the
holidays the
schools take as it is, simply because it interferes with the taching schedules, not
for any
religious reasons, that said, since when do we care what the other countries believe their rights??
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Add to that the fact that Christmas has become less of a
religious day, and more of a commercial (secular) day, and we definitely don't take off from work or
school for any Christian
religious holidays anymore.
For a public school to add a holiday for a specific religious festival (regardless of religion) would violate the the separation clau
For a public
school to add a
holiday for a specific religious festival (regardless of religion) would violate the the separation clau
for a specific
religious festival (regardless of religion) would violate the the separation clause.
For example, the
school system could build in some flexibility to reasonably accommodate the minority's
religious needs by allowing exams to be written on alternative days, or permitting extensions on assignments if the due dates fall on
holidays etc..
School is their to teach our kids and get them ready
for the real world who cares about
religious holidays.
However, most
schools are probably in session
for most if not all other
religious holidays.
However, there are a limited number of
school days and the children simply can not be off
for every
religious holiday that comes along.
I'm not saying it's the best solution, but our law provides that all people will enjoy
religious freedom and that they will not be penalized or discriminated against
for observing their
religious holidays at
school or work.
For that fact, no
religious holidays including Jewish ones should be observed in the public
school system.
If you ask me, in public
schools no
holiday should be given simply
for religious reasons — this includes Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and all other religions.
Guides were published about how to treat
religious holidays in the
schools, how to teach students about
religious traditions, and how to create equal access
for organizations, including
religious clubs on campus.
Schools USED TO schedule days (or periods of time) off
for religious holidays, i.e. - Christmas and Easter.
Anyone who thinks
religious holidays are celebrated in public
schools has not been in public
schools for a long time.
There should be NO
school days off
for observance of any
religious holiday, period.
If we took every
holiday for every
religious group in America and gave time of
for each one it would make ths
school and work year about ten days a year.
What about not
school closing
for ANY
religious holiday?
But his push to change curriculum oversight regulations
for yeshivas and other
religious schools — while seemingly esoteric — largely held up the finalization of a deal on Friday, the drop - dead day to get the budget done before a
holiday week.
For the first time, the City
School District of New Rochelle has placed a Muslim religious holiday on the official school cal
School District of New Rochelle has placed a Muslim
religious holiday on the official
school cal
school calendar.
Having attended a miniscule
religious university in Southern California, however, the extent of my collegiate rebellion was sadly not dissimilar from what most have experienced by sophomore year of high
school; exclusive, clique - driven social gatherings that involved decorating
holiday - themed cookies followed by a rousing group chorus of «Blessed be Your Name» dominated my social calendar
for the better part of 4 years.
They recommend workshops
for educators regarding the appropriate place of
religious holidays in the
schools.
Haynes, a member of a coalition of educators who created guidelines
for religious holidays in public
schools, suggests asking these five questions before planning
religious holidays in public
schools: Is this activity designed in any way to either promote or inhibit religion?
During the
school year look
for opportunities to connect with those teachers and give them encouraging information about how they can address
religious holidays, their students»
religious liberties, and helpful articles from the Gateways to Better Education website.
The Art Center will be closed
for New Year's Eve and Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving; the Studio
School will be closed
for many
religious holidays; the offices will be closed additional national
holidays.
You can specify arrangements
for statutory
holidays,
religious holidays,
school holidays, summer vacations and other significant days.
A schedule that designates in which parent's home the minor child will reside on given dates, especially designating notable dates such as
holidays,
school holidays,
religious holidays, vacation, birthdays and dates of significance to the family (or a formula or method
for determining the schedule);
Child visitation schedules typically establish a pattern
for sharing
holidays, such as major
religious or cultural
holidays, special days like Mother's Day or birthdays, and
school breaks like long weekends and summer vacation.
In some cases, the agreement will also provide
for alternating
religious holidays as well as the children's breaks from
school throughout the year.