Friday is a bad weather makeup day, but with no school days missed this year, it’s a three day weekend for the district.

“Student holidays coincide with most federal holidays,”  FISD Assistant Director Of Communications Meghan Cone said via email. “And are strategically placed throughout the school year to provide breaks for teachers and students.”

The placement of a bad weather makeup day at the start of Easter weekend makes sense to English teacher Lindsay Pfiffner.

“I think allowing for flexibility with Good Friday as a bad weather makeup day works,” Pfiffner said.  “Most likely, we will have the day off, as we don’t have too many bad-weather days in North Texas.”

Where as if this day off was not provided by the district, some students believe that this would be a good time for students and staff to take the day off.

“It’s only fair that we take time off for our religion,” freshmen Angie Gomez said. “This reminds us of equality.”  

However, some non-Christian students have a differing opinion on the alignment of this bad weather makeup day with a Christian holiday.

“A lot of the breaks seem to correlate with Christian holidays,” freshman Chloe Zonis said. “Winter break is also during Christmas, and a lot of the times it doesn’t fall on Hanukkah. I mean I appreciate the no school, but it’s also not the most convenient for everybody.”

Meanwhile, Jewish students on campus are celebrating Passover, which begins Friday and continues through April 7 with many families celebrating with a seder.

“On the last day of Passover my family and I have a big feast,” freshman Chloe Zonis said. “We eat a lot of Jewish food and stuff our faces.”

During the week of Passover, those who choose to participate are restricted from eating gluten to remind them of the slaves in Egypt.

“Honestly, the biggest reason I like Passover is because it’s much healthier for my body,” junior Sarah Kleyman said. “It’s like a diet. I have a hard time sticking to diets so Passover is one of the only things I stick to because when I break it I remind myself I am doing it for faith and religion.”

Freshman Hagar Bash was born and raised in Israel before moving to Texas last year and says there’s one noticeable difference.

“In Israel it seems to be a lot more fun because you get to see all your family and share the same tradition,” Bash said. “In America, you don’t get to see a lot of your family and each family has different traditions.”