How do elementary schools start so late?

[Anonymous]

We don't have any kids yet, but live on the same street as an ES. I noticed the car line this morning and was surprised how late it was, so I checked the FCPS site and see that most ES in the county start at 9:45. How on earth do working parents make that schedule work?

[Anonymous]

What's funny is how early high school starts when high schoolers want to sleep in and elementary students are up at 6am.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's funny is how early high school starts when high schoolers want to sleep in and elementary students are up at 6am.

Sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's funny is how early high school starts when high schoolers want to sleep in and elementary students are up at 6am.

You don't know much. The high schoolers start time is luxurious compared to the poor middle schoolers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don't have any kids yet, but live on the same street as an ES. I noticed the car line this morning and was surprised how late it was, so I checked the FCPS site and see that most ES in the county start at 9:45. How on earth do working parents make that schedule work?

There are two elementary schedules, early and late ones. Our late elementary school starts at 9:15 and I think a few start at 9:20. But many elementary schools are on the earlier schedule and they start around 8:30 (?).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's funny is how early high school starts when high schoolers want to sleep in and elementary students are up at 6am.

You don't know much. The high schoolers start time is luxurious compared to the poor middle schoolers.

Haha. Agree.

[Anonymous]

Ours is 8:45-9:00.

Not 9:45. That's ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don't have any kids yet, but live on the same street as an ES. I noticed the car line this morning and was surprised how late it was, so I checked the FCPS site and see that most ES in the county start at 9:45. How on earth do working parents make that schedule work?

You might be near at an AAP center

Our ES starts at 835am.

[Anonymous]

OP, Bell time is not the same for all schools mostly because of buses. In general it goes middle, high and elementary. Check the individual school’s website for the bell-time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don't have any kids yet, but live on the same street as an ES. I noticed the car line this morning and was surprised how late it was, so I checked the FCPS site and see that most ES in the county start at 9:45. How on earth do working parents make that schedule work?

Working parents pay for before and after school care.

[Anonymous]

Do you want the opposite (early ES, late HS)? Move to Loudoun County.

[Anonymous]

I know this is Fairfax- but my niece's Loundon county elementary school starts at 7:20 - with a 6:15 bus pick up!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don't have any kids yet, but live on the same street as an ES. I noticed the car line this morning and was surprised how late it was, so I checked the FCPS site and see that most ES in the county start at 9:45. How on earth do working parents make that schedule work?

As to how folk make it work, there is before/after care for some schools. Other parents use activity-centers (karate etc) whose vans pick up kids at school. Ours goes 8:30-3:30 so some parents use both before and after care which is a pain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's funny is how early high school starts when high schoolers want to sleep in and elementary students are up at 6am.

Sports.

But my kids soccer club team doesn't start practice until 7:30 so sports is a lame excuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's funny is how early high school starts when high schoolers want to sleep in and elementary students are up at 6am.

Sports.

Funny how LCPS HS starts at 9:30 and they still manage to have sports. I wonder how they work that out?