Prince George’s County Public Schools has no plans to follow
Montgomery County’s lead and remove the names of religious holidays from
the school calendar, according to school officials.
On Nov. 11, the Montgomery County Public Schools school board voted
to strike the names of all religious holidays from its school calendar,
following a request by Muslim organizations to add the holy day of Eid
al-Adha to its calendar.
The dates of the holidays are still listed as non-school days, only
religious names such as “Christmas,” “Easter” and “Yom Kippur” were
removed.
The PGCPS school calendar has included Muslim holidays since the
2007-2008 school year calendar, said spokeswoman Lynn McCawley, and the
major Hindu holiday of Diwali has been added to the proposed 2015-2016
calendar.
In 2015, Diwali falls on Nov. 11, which is also set aside for parent/teacher conferences.
“When the administration sent the draft calendar back to the calendar
committee, they requested the Hindu holiday be added to the calendar,”
McCawley said...
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