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Chocoholic · 04-06-2009, 03:44 PM

I think it should depend on the school district. If a lot of staff members and students observe Good Friday and choose to take the day off, then it really is just a wasted day for learning. I know of a couple of towns in my area in recent years that tried to hold school on Good Friday, but hardly anyone showed up, so they went back to having it off.

catlover79 · 04-06-2009, 03:47 PM

I went to public school and always had it off. When I went to community college, it was open on Good Friday. I didn't like that. I think that ALL schools should have Good Friday off.

browneyes106 · 04-06-2009, 03:56 PM

I went schools that always had Good Friday off. Most of the districts in my state have it off there are a few districts that only a half day for Good Friday.

Hollow · 04-06-2009, 04:06 PM

it should be the school/district's individual decision. i know it has to do with religion but i don't know what good friday is, let alone ever had the day off from school. i've never known anyone who's taken the day off to observe it. it's not "wrong" to have a day off because of a religious holiday (unless they do it way too often) but i don't like the idea of it much either.

catlover79 · 04-06-2009, 04:10 PM

It always seemed to count as the first day of spring break.

Doodyville10019 · 04-06-2009, 04:31 PM

When i was in grammar school and high school, Good Friday was always the LAST day of spring break. We went back to school the folowing Monday. When I went to college, it was the other way around.

Sharop · 04-06-2009, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by safety pin

it should be the school/district's individual decision. i know it has to do with religion but i don't know what good friday is, let alone ever had the day off from school.

Good Friday is the day chosen to memorialise the day that Christ was crucified (like 25th December is to memorialise his birth.)

I think in the UK all schools have the day off.

Mr. Television · 04-06-2009, 05:41 PM

All schools should be off on Good Friday. It's more important than Easter Monday. We used to always get about a week off anyway so it never was much of an issue when I was in school. I do remember , one time though, that the school used Good Friday as a makeup day because of weather and my Mother wouldn't let me go to school.

ZeldaGilroy · 04-06-2009, 06:59 PM

I am a teacher in a public school and we have always had Good Friday off...until this year! I can't believe it...we have school Friday. UGH! And we have a huge Catholic population...already parents are telling me their kids are not coming to school Friday. It will be a wasted day...I'm already planning a lot of silly/fun stuff because I can't follow the curriculum if half my class will miss it!

As for it being part of sping break...that never happens here because our spring break is in mid-March!

littlebelle · 04-06-2009, 07:33 PM

Yes, it is part of Holy week.

MickeyMac · 04-06-2009, 08:29 PM

I think schools should have Good Friday off.

catlover79 · 04-06-2009, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by FactsFan

I am a teacher in a public school and we have always had Good Friday off...until this year! I can't believe it...we have school Friday. UGH! And we have a huge Catholic population...already parents are telling me their kids are not coming to school Friday. It will be a wasted day...I'm already planning a lot of silly/fun stuff because I can't follow the curriculum if half my class will miss it!

As for it being part of sping break...that never happens here because our spring break is in mid-March!

Makes me glad I'm not in school any more!

EmoJoe · 04-06-2009, 11:12 PM

yeah, we have Jewish holidays off so we get Good Friday off too obviously...although usually our spring break is the week before Easter, so we have it off anyway. the years where its not we still have off though.

catlover79 · 04-06-2009, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by EmoJoe

yeah, we have Jewish holidays off so we get Good Friday off too obviously...although usually our spring break is the week before Easter, so we have it off anyway. the years where its not we still have off though.

That's how it always worked when I was in school - we had Good Friday and then the entire Easter week off as our spring break. My, how times have changed since then.

steevo · 04-08-2009, 10:50 PM

^ And not for the better it looks like.

All schools should have Good Friday off. It is a day for believers to remember the sacrifice of the Lord.

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04-06-2009, 03:44 PM	#1
Chocoholic Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 01, 2000 Location: Between a rock and a hard place. Posts: 11,235	Should public schools have Good Friday as a day off? I think it should depend on the school district. If a lot of staff members and students observe Good Friday and choose to take the day off, then it really is just a wasted day for learning. I know of a couple of towns in my area in recent years that tried to hold school on Good Friday, but hardly anyone showed up, so they went back to having it off.

04-06-2009, 03:47 PM	#2
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,392	I went to public school and always had it off. When I went to community college, it was open on Good Friday. I didn't like that. I think that ALL schools should have Good Friday off.
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Doodyville10019 Meet my new friend Sparkie! Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 08, 2008 Location: Competition Square, located in Doodyville Park Posts: 877	When i was in grammar school and high school, Good Friday was always the LAST day of spring break. We went back to school the folowing Monday. When I went to college, it was the other way around.
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04-06-2009, 05:41 PM	#8
Mr. Television 23 Years at Sitcoms Online Forum Icon Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Somewhere you're Not Posts: 62,132	All schools should be off on Good Friday. It's more important than Easter Monday. We used to always get about a week off anyway so it never was much of an issue when I was in school. I do remember , one time though, that the school used Good Friday as a makeup day because of weather and my Mother wouldn't let me go to school.
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04-06-2009, 03:56 PM	#3
browneyes106 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 01, 2008 Posts: 6,094	I went schools that always had Good Friday off. Most of the districts in my state have it off there are a few districts that only a half day for Good Friday.

04-06-2009, 04:06 PM	#4
Hollow Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 16, 2001 Posts: 30,406	it should be the school/district's individual decision. i know it has to do with religion but i don't know what good friday is, let alone ever had the day off from school. i've never known anyone who's taken the day off to observe it. it's not "wrong" to have a day off because of a religious holiday (unless they do it way too often) but i don't like the idea of it much either.

04-06-2009, 04:10 PM	#5
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,392	It always seemed to count as the first day of spring break.

04-06-2009, 06:59 PM	#9
ZeldaGilroy Dobie and Zelda Forever!!! Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 14, 2000 Location: I don't know...I'm probably lost! Posts: 4,144	I am a teacher in a public school and we have always had Good Friday off...until this year! I can't believe it...we have school Friday. UGH! And we have a huge Catholic population...already parents are telling me their kids are not coming to school Friday. It will be a wasted day...I'm already planning a lot of silly/fun stuff because I can't follow the curriculum if half my class will miss it! As for it being part of sping break...that never happens here because our spring break is in mid-March!

04-06-2009, 07:33 PM	#10
littlebelle Spell Caster Senior Member Join Date: Dec 29, 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,659	Yes, it is part of Holy week.

04-06-2009, 08:29 PM	#11
MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,008	I think schools should have Good Friday off.

04-06-2009, 11:12 PM	#13
EmoJoe Cool cool cool Forum Addict Join Date: Apr 23, 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 71,478	yeah, we have Jewish holidays off so we get Good Friday off too obviously...although usually our spring break is the week before Easter, so we have it off anyway. the years where its not we still have off though.
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04-08-2009, 10:50 PM	#15
steevo It is Green Senior Member Join Date: Dec 28, 2008 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,476	^ And not for the better it looks like. All schools should have Good Friday off. It is a day for believers to remember the sacrifice of the Lord.
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