MCPS HS Start-times need to be changed

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Loudoun County starts ES at ~7:50 (but that will change next year), MS at ~8:20 and HS at ~9:15.

It's been that way as long as I can remember. We like it and don't understand why everybody doesn't do it this way.

Most schools in the country do. Mcps is behind.

Seems like the schools you're referring to are the ones that are behind whereas MCPS is doing it right!

Actually the school district I’m referring to is in the top 3 public school districts in the country. And has a high school that has one of the highest ratings for sending kids to MIT.
You would be wrong, mcps is no where near the top 3 best school districts in the country. Maybe in the top 500?
Better luck next time.

Which school district is that?

Probably Eanes district. Ranks very high year after year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Loudoun County starts ES at ~7:50 (but that will change next year), MS at ~8:20 and HS at ~9:15.

It's been that way as long as I can remember. We like it and don't understand why everybody doesn't do it this way.

I’m impressed with Loudon County. And somehow they still manage to have high school sports. Imagine that!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Loudoun County starts ES at ~7:50 (but that will change next year), MS at ~8:20 and HS at ~9:15.

It's been that way as long as I can remember. We like it and don't understand why everybody doesn't do it this way.

Most schools in the country do. Mcps is behind.

Not really.

https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-later-school-start-time-gave-small-boost-to-grades-but-big-boost-to-sleep-new-study-finds/

Nationally, Minnesota has been at the forefront of starting school later in the morning. Edina, an affluent Minneapolis suburb, is believed to be the first town in the U.S. to shift to a later start, moving in 1996 from 7:20 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. in response to medical research about teen sleep. In 2014, the American Pediatric Association recommended an 8:30 a.m. start time for high schools and middle schools so that teens can get sufficient sleep.

Schools have been slow to heed the doctors’ advice. Only 17 percent of U.S. high schools start the day at 8:30 a.m. or later, according to the most recent federal data. The average start time for high school across the nation remains a half hour earlier, at 8:00 a.m.. South Carolina has the latest high school start time in the nation of 8:34 a.m., followed by Alaska, Minnesota and Iowa. The earliest is Louisiana, where high schools start at 7:30 a.m., on average.

I realize it's a district-by-district decision, and that the state figures are probably an average.

I guess this author is only looking at states because DCPS highschools have an arrival time of 8.45 am with classes starting at 9 am.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Loudoun County starts ES at ~7:50 (but that will change next year), MS at ~8:20 and HS at ~9:15.

It's been that way as long as I can remember. We like it and don't understand why everybody doesn't do it this way.

I’m impressed with Loudon County. And somehow they still manage to have high school sports. Imagine that!

Yes, Eanes ISD was mentioned in earlier post and starts at 8:50 and ends at 4:15. Has one of the top football programs in the country and sent 2 nfl quarterbacks to the Super Bowl the same year recently.
Stop with the “then there is not time for sports practice after if school starts later” BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Loudoun County starts ES at ~7:50 (but that will change next year), MS at ~8:20 and HS at ~9:15.

It's been that way as long as I can remember. We like it and don't understand why everybody doesn't do it this way.

Most schools in the country do. Mcps is behind.

Seems like the schools you're referring to are the ones that are behind whereas MCPS is doing it right!

Actually the school district I’m referring to is in the top 3 public school districts in the country. And has a high school that has one of the highest ratings for sending kids to MIT.
You would be wrong, mcps is no where near the top 3 best school districts in the country. Maybe in the top 500?
Better luck next time.

Which school district is that?

Probably Eanes district. Ranks very high year after year.

LOL. Eanes school district has a total number of about 8,000 students, 67% White, less than 1% Black, 2.5% FARMS.
When they can educate at least 20,000 students, we'll take them seriously.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Haven’t read all this but I have heard that one reason has to do with equity. Poor families rely on big siblings to pick up little siblings from the bus and take care of them for the afternoon. Or they work after school.

Everyone knows it’d be better for the big kids to start later than the littles. And the irritating posters who say, just enforce earlier bedtimes, clearly don’t have teens themselves yet. It’s not that simple when their brains seem to “wake up” around 9 pm and they are just getting home from sports/music etc at 7 after a full day.

I hope MCPS considers doing this!

Actually some of us DO have teens and its not an option in our home. And, I have one kid who 1-2 days a week doesn't get home till after 9 AM. Its called parenting. So, when they get their first job or a college class is only scheduled at an earlier time, are you going to have a fit too?

Too bad, no one considers your person preference. Some of us DO have teens who need sleep. College is not high school, but meep trying to bring in irrelevant things to your lame argument.

If your kids need sleep they can go to bed earlier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Loudoun County starts ES at ~7:50 (but that will change next year), MS at ~8:20 and HS at ~9:15.

It's been that way as long as I can remember. We like it and don't understand why everybody doesn't do it this way.

Most schools in the country do. Mcps is behind.

Seems like the schools you're referring to are the ones that are behind whereas MCPS is doing it right!

Actually the school district I’m referring to is in the top 3 public school districts in the country. And has a high school that has one of the highest ratings for sending kids to MIT.
You would be wrong, mcps is no where near the top 3 best school districts in the country. Maybe in the top 500?
Better luck next time.

Which school district is that?

Probably Eanes district. Ranks very high year after year.

LOL. Eanes school district has a total number of about 8,000 students, 67% White, less than 1% Black, 2.5% FARMS.
When they can educate at least 20,000 students, we'll take them seriously.

Smaller school districts that are better at educating are worse than too large school districts not better at educating. Got it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Haven’t read all this but I have heard that one reason has to do with equity. Poor families rely on big siblings to pick up little siblings from the bus and take care of them for the afternoon. Or they work after school.

Everyone knows it’d be better for the big kids to start later than the littles. And the irritating posters who say, just enforce earlier bedtimes, clearly don’t have teens themselves yet. It’s not that simple when their brains seem to “wake up” around 9 pm and they are just getting home from sports/music etc at 7 after a full day.

I hope MCPS considers doing this!

Actually some of us DO have teens and its not an option in our home. And, I have one kid who 1-2 days a week doesn't get home till after 9 AM. Its called parenting. So, when they get their first job or a college class is only scheduled at an earlier time, are you going to have a fit too?

Too bad, no one considers your person preference. Some of us DO have teens who need sleep. College is not high school, but meep trying to bring in irrelevant things to your lame argument.

If your kids need sleep they can go to bed earlier.

Your kids do need sleep and teens need to sleep later.
If you need to get to work, you can work out a schedule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Loudoun County starts ES at ~7:50 (but that will change next year), MS at ~8:20 and HS at ~9:15.

It's been that way as long as I can remember. We like it and don't understand why everybody doesn't do it this way.

Most schools in the country do. Mcps is behind.

Seems like the schools you're referring to are the ones that are behind whereas MCPS is doing it right!

Actually the school district I’m referring to is in the top 3 public school districts in the country. And has a high school that has one of the highest ratings for sending kids to MIT.
You would be wrong, mcps is no where near the top 3 best school districts in the country. Maybe in the top 500?
Better luck next time.

Which school district is that?

Probably Eanes district. Ranks very high year after year.

LOL. Eanes school district has a total number of about 8,000 students, 67% White, less than 1% Black, 2.5% FARMS.
When they can educate at least 20,000 students, we'll take them seriously.

Smaller school districts that are better at educating are worse than too large school districts not better at educating. Got it.

Huh???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Loudoun County starts ES at ~7:50 (but that will change next year), MS at ~8:20 and HS at ~9:15.

It's been that way as long as I can remember. We like it and don't understand why everybody doesn't do it this way.

Most schools in the country do. Mcps is behind.

Seems like the schools you're referring to are the ones that are behind whereas MCPS is doing it right!

Actually the school district I’m referring to is in the top 3 public school districts in the country. And has a high school that has one of the highest ratings for sending kids to MIT.
You would be wrong, mcps is no where near the top 3 best school districts in the country. Maybe in the top 500?
Better luck next time.

Which school district is that?

Probably Eanes district. Ranks very high year after year.

LOL. Eanes school district has a total number of about 8,000 students, 67% White, less than 1% Black, 2.5% FARMS.
When they can educate at least 20,000 students, we'll take them seriously.

All the more reason to say that mcps is too big that they can’t be as good and get things done like smaller school districts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Loudoun County starts ES at ~7:50 (but that will change next year), MS at ~8:20 and HS at ~9:15.

It's been that way as long as I can remember. We like it and don't understand why everybody doesn't do it this way.

Most schools in the country do. Mcps is behind.

Seems like the schools you're referring to are the ones that are behind whereas MCPS is doing it right!

Actually the school district I’m referring to is in the top 3 public school districts in the country. And has a high school that has one of the highest ratings for sending kids to MIT.
You would be wrong, mcps is no where near the top 3 best school districts in the country. Maybe in the top 500?
Better luck next time.

Which school district is that?

Probably Eanes district. Ranks very high year after year.

LOL. Eanes school district has a total number of about 8,000 students, 67% White, less than 1% Black, 2.5% FARMS.
When they can educate at least 20,000 students, we'll take them seriously.

Smaller school districts that are better at educating are worse than too large school districts not better at educating. Got it.

Huh???

Yeah, that’s the the poster who was attempting to shoot down a small school district was using as his argument. Pointing out he made no sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Loudoun County starts ES at ~7:50 (but that will change next year), MS at ~8:20 and HS at ~9:15.

It's been that way as long as I can remember. We like it and don't understand why everybody doesn't do it this way.

Most schools in the country do. Mcps is behind.

Seems like the schools you're referring to are the ones that are behind whereas MCPS is doing it right!

Actually the school district I’m referring to is in the top 3 public school districts in the country. And has a high school that has one of the highest ratings for sending kids to MIT.
You would be wrong, mcps is no where near the top 3 best school districts in the country. Maybe in the top 500?
Better luck next time.

Which school district is that?

Probably Eanes district. Ranks very high year after year.

LOL. Eanes school district has a total number of about 8,000 students, 67% White, less than 1% Black, 2.5% FARMS.
When they can educate at least 20,000 students, we'll take them seriously.

Eanes is in a part of Austin, which is one of the largest cities in the US. Better to have smaller school districts than 1 overwhelmingly large one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Loudoun County starts ES at ~7:50 (but that will change next year), MS at ~8:20 and HS at ~9:15.

It's been that way as long as I can remember. We like it and don't understand why everybody doesn't do it this way.

Most schools in the country do. Mcps is behind.

Seems like the schools you're referring to are the ones that are behind whereas MCPS is doing it right!

Actually the school district I’m referring to is in the top 3 public school districts in the country. And has a high school that has one of the highest ratings for sending kids to MIT.
You would be wrong, mcps is no where near the top 3 best school districts in the country. Maybe in the top 500?
Better luck next time.

Which school district is that?

Probably Eanes district. Ranks very high year after year.

LOL. Eanes school district has a total number of about 8,000 students, 67% White, less than 1% Black, 2.5% FARMS.
When they can educate at least 20,000 students, we'll take them seriously.

There are successful ones that educate over 20,000. When you have a good argument, you’ll be taken seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Haven’t read all this but I have heard that one reason has to do with equity. Poor families rely on big siblings to pick up little siblings from the bus and take care of them for the afternoon. Or they work after school.

Everyone knows it’d be better for the big kids to start later than the littles. And the irritating posters who say, just enforce earlier bedtimes, clearly don’t have teens themselves yet. It’s not that simple when their brains seem to “wake up” around 9 pm and they are just getting home from sports/music etc at 7 after a full day.

I hope MCPS considers doing this!

Actually some of us DO have teens and its not an option in our home. And, I have one kid who 1-2 days a week doesn't get home till after 9 AM. Its called parenting. So, when they get their first job or a college class is only scheduled at an earlier time, are you going to have a fit too?

Too bad, no one considers your person preference. Some of us DO have teens who need sleep. College is not high school, but meep trying to bring in irrelevant things to your lame argument.

If your kids need sleep they can go to bed earlier.

Well since their circadian clock does not allow them to fall asleep earlier, I guess you are okay with having your child sleep during first period.

[Anonymous]

You can bet the time will get changed, it’s the right thing and proven to be best for teens. It’s just a matter of bringing it up to mcps and having parents push the issue.
It’s pretty standard across the country or becoming so.