MCPS HS Start-times need to be changed

[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!

LCPS parent here. Some teams will practice in the morning, before school, especially if it's warm.

We all get 24 hours in a day, just have to use them wisely.

[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.

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

LCPS parent here. Some teams will practice in the morning, before school, especially if it's warm.

We all get 24 hours in a day, just have to use them wisely.

Good point. Parents who are worried about sports practices - why not move sports practices earlier than school if necessary? Academics should get priority over sports but in the US, it is often the other way around

[Anonymous]

FCPS High schools go from 8.10 am-2.55 pm. I would take that over the present MCPS high school schedule

[Anonymous]

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.

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

LCPS parent here. Some teams will practice in the morning, before school, especially if it's warm.

We all get 24 hours in a day, just have to use them wisely.

Good point. Parents who are worried about sports practices - why not move sports practices earlier than school if necessary? Academics should get priority over sports but in the US, it is often the other way around

Or even get rid of sports in school and let people do this on their own time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS High schools go from 8.10 am-2.55 pm. I would take that over the present MCPS high school schedule

Not if it means young children ES are thrown under the bus.

[Anonymous]

Why would kids want to have a longer day just they could sleep a little more? I'd rather get done with school abd get home earlier. I think some of these posters are stating another problem with kids these days, they're overscheduled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would kids want to have a longer day just they could sleep a little more? I'd rather get done with school abd get home earlier. I think some of these posters are stating another problem with kids these days, they're overscheduled.

Where I’m from it’s not a longer day, everyone has 24 hours to that day. And yes, they need to sleep more because their bodies naturally stay up later. Duh!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS High schools go from 8.10 am-2.55 pm. I would take that over the present MCPS high school schedule

Not if it means young children ES are thrown under the bus.

At the expense of middle and high schoolers being thrown under the bus. Okay, you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would kids want to have a longer day just they could sleep a little more? I'd rather get done with school abd get home earlier. I think some of these posters are stating another problem with kids these days, they're overscheduled.

I don’t know, why would kids want to sleep over? Maybe because they need it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS High schools go from 8.10 am-2.55 pm. I would take that over the present MCPS high school schedule

Not if it means young children ES are thrown under the bus.

Why is it that the radical right loves to complain and can't grasp that their actions affect others or is it that they just don't care?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS High schools go from 8.10 am-2.55 pm. I would take that over the present MCPS high school schedule

Not if it means young children ES are thrown under the bus.

Why is it that the radical right loves to complain and can't grasp that their actions affect others or is it that they just don't care?

What the hell are you talking about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is MCPS behind the curve on this important issue. There is so much research on the topic that teenagers need more sleep and that their biological clocks are wired for them to go to bed later and wake up later. CA is requiring all high schools to start no earlier than 8.30 am starting this fall:

https://hhsepitaph.com/12665/news/california-law-requires-new-bell-schedule-with-830-a-m-start-time/

MCPS is so far behind! Right now, for example, other schools are returning to online instruction because of rising case numbers but MCPS isn't even discussing this. They keep putting our children at risk.

https://dcist.com/story/22/04/14/howard-university-classes-online-increase-covid-19-dc/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would kids want to have a longer day just they could sleep a little more? I'd rather get done with school abd get home earlier. I think some of these posters are stating another problem with kids these days, they're overscheduled.

I don’t know, why would kids want to sleep over? Maybe because they need it.

Kids are overworked and overscheduled, that's the real problem here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS High schools go from 8.10 am-2.55 pm. I would take that over the present MCPS high school schedule

Not if it means young children ES are thrown under the bus.

Please explain - how are young kids being thrown under the bus with a small schedule change.
Your young kids will be high schoolers in the blink of an eye and then you will grasp what this discussion is all about

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is MCPS behind the curve on this important issue. There is so much research on the topic that teenagers need more sleep and that their biological clocks are wired for them to go to bed later and wake up later. CA is requiring all high schools to start no earlier than 8.30 am starting this fall:

https://hhsepitaph.com/12665/news/california-law-requires-new-bell-schedule-with-830-a-m-start-time/

MCPS is so far behind! Right now, for example, other schools are returning to online instruction because of rising case numbers but MCPS isn't even discussing this. They keep putting our children at risk.

https://dcist.com/story/22/04/14/howard-university-classes-online-increase-covid-19-dc/

Go away. Nobody wants online "instruction", the verdict is in: It sucks.