[naraht]

Actually the selection of that week probably makes it fairly unlikely that it will match up with the spring break for any Catholic Schools. Easter is March 23rd and from looking at quite a few Catholic schools the either give the entire week prior to Easter as the Spring break the way that Duquesne does or it gives both a spring break and an Easter break where the Easter Break is just Ash Wednesday to Easter. And if the spring break were the week of Philbreak, there would be only two days of classes in between the breaks.

Having said that, I don't know whether actually doing it Holy Week would have been any better for most Catholics. And in a year where Easter is really late (April 22nd or later) all Catholic Schools would be splitting spring break from Easter break.

Philbreak this year is running 3 Monday to Friday sessions: Mar 3-7, Mar 10-14 (the one APO chose), and Mar 17-21. The last one ends on Good Friday and includes Ash Wednesday, so would probably be viewed as more of a problem with Catholics.

Note, I'm throwing this stuff out for information rather than a personal objection to the fact that APO chose week 2...