Ummm, Nope

From the Orlando Sentinel: Broward County public schools are being asked to close for two Islamic holidays a year under a controversial proposal before the district's Diversity Committee.
The request, from the Florida chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations, or CAIR, would make Broward the first in Florida and one of only a few districts in the country to add Muslim holidays into its calendar. Broward and Palm Beach County schools generally close on major Christian and Jewish holidays.
The Islamic holidays requested, which fall on different days depending on the year, are Eid al-Fitr – the end of Ramadan – and Eid-al Adha, which marks the end of Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.
"This is about inclusive diversity, and the Muslim community has too long been excluded," said Roland Foulkes, chairman of the Diversity Committee, which will debate the proposal Thursday night. "This is long overdue, and we need to move beyond the lip service of diversity in the community and reflect the full diversity of everyone."
But some school district officials worry it could open the floodgates for more requests, as well as complaints from groups with anti-Islamic views. Religious freedom experts also say the district could be in legal trouble if it closes school for the sole purpose to allow students to celebrate a religious holiday.....
Opponents also plan to attend Thursday's meeting, including members of the Tea Party of Fort Lauderdale.
"It's another step toward the Islamization of our children," group founder Danita Kilcullen said. "This is a Judeo-Christian nation."
Superintendent Robert Runcie, who hadn't seen the request, said the district tries to be sensitive and respectful to the needs of different groups. State law already requires students be able to take off religious holidays without penalty.
"We make accommodations, but we may not be able to close the district," Runcie said. "If we do that for everybody and every cause out there, even though they're all valid, we would literally have a problem squeezing in the number of instructional days we need." http://www.orlandosentinel.com/fl-muslim-holiday-broward-schools-20121031,0,753235.story
I'm sure that there will more requests throughout the country by Muslims to have these Muslim holidays off, as I think this is a trial balloon by the Muslim community to see what happens here and will try other schools in the next few months.
This request should be denied.  In the Clark County School District, we don't take off of schools directly because of religious reasons.  We have a Winter break which covers Christmas and Spring break and that covers Easter.  As far Jewish holidays, we don't take off for those holidays and if someone who is Jewish, they are allowed to take the day off without ramifications.  The same is true for Muslim students and workers.
So, hopefully, the Broward County schools say no to this request.