Elementary school starts at 9:15?!?! Rant

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here-

The fact that this has been going on for years is besides the point when A) I'm not from the area and B) This is my first child and C) I know of other school in the county that do not start this late.

Saying its a scam was part of the whole rant but don't take that seriously but it seems to me that it would be easier if the younger kids went earlier since they need supervision and the older kids went later since they don't. Having a five year old got at 915 forces almost every parent to do before and after care whereas a start an hour earlier would not.

Bonbons... I'm the father not at all a housewife. But the whole point of the thread is that if you don't work you can take your kids at anytime. If both parents do you are screwed.

Both myself and my wife work far and start work around 7AM. Either of us could adjust to later hours but not after 0915! School is only 5 minutes away so bus will not help.

That is a choice you make, to both work.

As others have noted, if you're just encountering the schools for the first time, you're going to be in for a shock at just how much they expect from parents during the school day. The schools rightly expect that one parents is home during the day, because that is common.

You are so full of it, it seems useless to try to explain how ignorant you are.

[Anonymous]

School isn't meant to be a babysitter. And, as a PP mentioned, everything is based on the bus schedule. In MoCo, HS busses start at 6:20. MS busses come at 7:08.! ES busses come at 8:30. I definitely don't want my little ones standing outside at 6:20 or 7:08. It's hard enough to accept a 6th grader outside before the sun comes up. And, before care is far less than daycare.

[Anonymous]

There are many schools in NY that start after 9AM - this is not unique to MD

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here-

The fact that this has been going on for years is besides the point when A) I'm not from the area and B) This is my first child and C) I know of other school in the county that do not start this late.

Saying its a scam was part of the whole rant but don't take that seriously but it seems to me that it would be easier if the younger kids went earlier since they need supervision and the older kids went later since they don't. Having a five year old got at 915 forces almost every parent to do before and after care whereas a start an hour earlier would not.

Bonbons... I'm the father not at all a housewife. But the whole point of the thread is that if you don't work you can take your kids at anytime. If both parents do you are screwed.

Both myself and my wife work far and start work around 7AM. Either of us could adjust to later hours but not after 0915! School is only 5 minutes away so bus will not help.

That is a choice you make, to both work.

As others have noted, if you're just encountering the schools for the first time, you're going to be in for a shock at just how much they expect from parents during the school day. The schools rightly expect that one parents is home during the day, because that is common.

Troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here-

The fact that this has been going on for years is besides the point when A) I'm not from the area and B) This is my first child and C) I know of other school in the county that do not start this late.

Saying its a scam was part of the whole rant but don't take that seriously but it seems to me that it would be easier if the younger kids went earlier since they need supervision and the older kids went later since they don't. Having a five year old got at 915 forces almost every parent to do before and after care whereas a start an hour earlier would not.

Bonbons... I'm the father not at all a housewife. But the whole point of the thread is that if you don't work you can take your kids at anytime. If both parents do you are screwed.

Both myself and my wife work far and start work around 7AM. Either of us could adjust to later hours but not after 0915! School is only 5 minutes away so bus will not help.

That is a choice you make, to both work.

As others have noted, if you're just encountering the schools for the first time, you're going to be in for a shock at just how much they expect from parents during the school day. The schools rightly expect that one parents is home during the day, because that is common.

LMAO!!!!

[Anonymous]

"normal jobs"?? What an ass..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"normal jobs"?? What an ass..

How so? Normal jobs are 9-5 more or less thats pretty well established

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure why everyone is slamming the OP. I agree that 9:15 is late to start school and creates problems for working parents. Why isn't he entitled to verbalize this?

[Anonymous]

Both myself and my wife work far and start work around 7AM. Either of us could adjust to later hours but not after 0915! School is only 5 minutes away so bus will not help.

What was your childcare situation before now? I can't imagine any daycare centers open before 7, or any nannies willing to arrive before 7 either.

An au pair could be a good solution if you have room in your house.

[Anonymous]

Our family has two working parents, so I get the frustration of the OP. But it's a little absurd to be so shocked about this 3 weeks before school starts, and even more ridiculous to know why the world hasn't risen up to protest when most people like the OP herself don't really care unless/until it affects them.

OP, most of us find a way to make it work - stagger schedules, use beforecare, work out a deal with a neighbor. Bus rides tend to build in more time than you'd guess - our 5 minute ride to school generally meant the kids got on the bus a half hour before the 915 bell.

It's not ideal, but life goes on, and as the PPs suggest, there isn't necessarily an ideal alternative either. My kids get up at the crack of dawn so I would have been thrilled to get them on an earlier bus, but that's not the case for a lot of their friends. And I don't think I would like little ones standing at the busstop like the HS school students who get picked up before 7am each day (in the dark for much of the year!)

For the most part teenagers should sleep later, but that's not necessarily easy to accomplish. If I remember correctly, one of the NoVA counties or cities tried to switch things around a few years ago, and the families of older kids blocked it - the kids need/want the early afternoon dismissals because the burden of homework and extracurriculars and, gasp, for some families PT jobs. Point is, it's all complicated, and there are a lot of considerations beyond the personal convenience of any of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why everyone is slamming the OP. I agree that 9:15 is late to start school and creates problems for working parents. Why isn't he entitled to verbalize this?

For me, it was the tone OP took -- kind of like "how dare the school system do this to ME?"

It is just a few weeks before school starts, you'd have thought even parents of new students would have worked out a plan to handle all of this by now.

Bahaha...just wait until OP realizes how many random days off his child will have, at least in MoCo! I'm sure that was also an evil plan to screw up his life, as well

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why everyone is slamming the OP. I agree that 9:15 is late to start school and creates problems for working parents. Why isn't he entitled to verbalize this?

For me, it was the tone OP took -- kind of like "how dare the school system do this to ME?"

It is just a few weeks before school starts, you'd have thought even parents of new students would have worked out a plan to handle all of this by now.

Bahaha...just wait until OP realizes how many random days off his child will have, at least in MoCo! I'm sure that was also an evil plan to screw up his life, as well

Yes, yes, yes. You have golden hammer that hit the nail on the head. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure why everyone is slamming the OP. I agree that 9:15 is late to start school and creates problems for working parents. Why isn't he entitled to verbalize this?

For me, it was the tone OP took -- kind of like "how dare the school system do this to ME?"

It is just a few weeks before school starts, you'd have thought even parents of new students would have worked out a plan to handle all of this by now.

Bahaha...just wait until OP realizes how many random days off his child will have, at least in MoCo! I'm sure that was also an evil plan to screw up his life, as well

A problem with many posters is they read way too far into posts and pull something that was clearly not stated. The post is not a "how dare you do it to Me". As another posted stated its more of a how does this make sense to EVERY parent who works a 9 to 5. If if was just something I thought was a personnel issue I would have never posted.

The fact that this post is appearing a few weeks before school starts is due to a drastic change in circumstances where initially DC was not going to be attending MC schools. Posters should spend less time guessing why or why not a post has been made a more time addressing the question/dilemna presented. It doesn't matter when the issue is brought up if its one that affects many parents and ways can be looked at to help the posters situation. Which I'm guessing is the true PURPOSE of these boards.

I've already seen the list of days off which I'm sure is also a problem with many parents however, its less of an issue than this one which affects every single day of a parents life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here-

The fact that this has been going on for years is besides the point when A) I'm not from the area and B) This is my first child and C) I know of other school in the county that do not start this late.

Saying its a scam was part of the whole rant but don't take that seriously but it seems to me that it would be easier if the younger kids went earlier since they need supervision and the older kids went later since they don't. Having a five year old got at 915 forces almost every parent to do before and after care whereas a start an hour earlier would not.

Bonbons... I'm the father not at all a housewife. But the whole point of the thread is that if you don't work you can take your kids at anytime. If both parents do you are screwed.

Both myself and my wife work far and start work around 7AM. Either of us could adjust to later hours but not after 0915! School is only 5 minutes away so bus will not help.

That is a choice you make, to both work.

As others have noted, if you're just encountering the schools for the first time, you're going to be in for a shock at just how much they expect from parents during the school day. The schools rightly expect that one parents is home during the day, because that is common.

Troll.

I'm not trolling. Most families have a parent home. This is the normal order of things.

[Anonymous]

7:50 where we are.