[NIFL-ESL:8353] holiday attendance problems

From: Cathy Shank (cshank@access.k12.wv.us)
Date: Wed Dec 04 2002 - 15:26:58 EST


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A teacher in WV starting up a new program wrote to me about attendance
problems because of religious holidays.  How do others cope?

She says:
Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr have lasted most of November and one week into
December. The Arabic women in our class almost stopped attending during
this time because of being weak and tired from fasting. This was an
unexpected complication in beginning this new class. Do you have any
ideas? Have you run into this before?

Cathy C. Shank
ABE Special Populations Coordinator
West Virginia Adult Literacy Education Information Network
RESA III
501 22nd Street
Dunbar, WV 25064
Phone:  304-766-7655 ext. 112 or 1-800-257-3723 ext. 112
Fax:  304-766-7915
Email:  cshank@access.k12.wv.us



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