Friday, April 10, 2009

No testing on religious holidays?

I guess public schools are not totally secular. Actually there's a long list of holidays I was informed of that are no test days. However the teacher I'm coverign for today may not have known that. One of the kids did and whined to the principal. Anything to get out of work, right? Well not really. It is a policy that should have been observed. And with half the students gone and 20 teachers out, it's a really bad day for a test. Actually it's a quiz. The policy says no tests.

I was informed by the principal I still have to give them the option not to take it. No problem with that for me really. If anything it comes down to being respectful of beliefs, though I think the kids abuse it.

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