MCPS School Hours

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Anonymous wrote:How would you all propose this works? MCPS already doesn't have enough buses and in HS its a two mile rule despite some communities having no sidewalks and crossing major roads. So, as a parent who has to drive, earlier is better. And, after school activities would conflict. Plus homework. And, if you make ES earlier, many kids are in after school programs so they are going to have the same long day anyway. They stagger the school start because of the busses and even if they bought more busses having enough drivers is an issue.

It's actually quite simple. Switch hs start times with elementary start times. Ohhh so difficult.

And, how would that work? You think it's good for HS kids to get out at 3:30 or 4, especially when they have a longer day. Yours may not but some of our kids have activities, jobs and homework so that means they'd be up much later, till 12-1 and then sleep in? How is that better. You should try working on your parenting. At a reasonable hour if homework is done, I send mine to bed. See how that works, it's called parenting.

HS kids get out at 3:30-4pm in many counties across the country and make all the extracurriculars + jobs + homework work just fine. Maybe you should work on your parenting a bit if you think this will be such a problem.

And we have early start times and our kids are just fine. How would it work? So, my kid gets out at 4, has a 2 hour sports practice a few time a week, then another thing back at school 2-3 times a week so they'd get home at what? 8-9, then homework, eat, shower? If they have a few hours of homework that could be 12-2 AM. How is that better? Mine have no issue getting up early.

So your answer to everyone else asking for later start times is "go to bed earlier" and "better parenting" but now you're saying you and your kids would have trouble with simple time management if the start times were later? You should be ashamed at how dumb you are.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:How would you all propose this works? MCPS already doesn't have enough buses and in HS its a two mile rule despite some communities having no sidewalks and crossing major roads. So, as a parent who has to drive, earlier is better. And, after school activities would conflict. Plus homework. And, if you make ES earlier, many kids are in after school programs so they are going to have the same long day anyway. They stagger the school start because of the busses and even if they bought more busses having enough drivers is an issue.

It's actually quite simple. Switch hs start times with elementary start times. Ohhh so difficult.

And, how would that work? You think it's good for HS kids to get out at 3:30 or 4, especially when they have a longer day. Yours may not but some of our kids have activities, jobs and homework so that means they'd be up much later, till 12-1 and then sleep in? How is that better. You should try working on your parenting. At a reasonable hour if homework is done, I send mine to bed. See how that works, it's called parenting.

HS kids get out at 3:30-4pm in many counties across the country and make all the extracurriculars + jobs + homework work just fine. Maybe you should work on your parenting a bit if you think this will be such a problem.

And we have early start times and our kids are just fine. How would it work? So, my kid gets out at 4, has a 2 hour sports practice a few time a week, then another thing back at school 2-3 times a week so they'd get home at what? 8-9, then homework, eat, shower? If they have a few hours of homework that could be 12-2 AM. How is that better? Mine have no issue getting up early.

So your answer to everyone else asking for later start times is "go to bed earlier" and "better parenting" but now you're saying you and your kids would have trouble with simple time management if the start times were later? You should be ashamed at how dumb you are.

The cranks asking for special start times could just move their clocks ahead a few hours and pretend it's a late start time.