New school start times survey

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FYI I’ve been able to submit the survey multiple times on the same device. Either they already have a plan and the data is for giggles, or they don’t even know how to limit responses.

Sigh.

They already have a plan. They are going with early ES start times and late MS start times. I am positive.

[Anonymous]

What I think is hilarious about this, is that they are proposing making start times so much later that some kids (ES or MS) won't get home until 5pm in many cases at the SAME TIME as they are also implementing MANDATORY HOMEWORK. When exactly are the kids who get home after 5:00pm supposed to do their mandatory graded homework????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Couldn't girl scouts could meet on the weekend?

Is this a joke? My daughter has games all weekend, literally the only time to meet for GS is immediately after school on a week day. Sports practices start as early as 5:00.

So she’ll have to drop an activity. Life is like that sometimes…it happens to all families.

My goodness.

Responses like this definitely give off an entitled vibe.

No, it was a boy mom asking. She thinks Girl Scouts isn't a priority. She would never say this about Boy Scouts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What I think is hilarious about this, is that they are proposing making start times so much later that some kids (ES or MS) won't get home until 5pm in many cases at the SAME TIME as they are also implementing MANDATORY HOMEWORK. When exactly are the kids who get home after 5:00pm supposed to do their mandatory graded homework????

After dinner? Before school? Lots of options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FYI I’ve been able to submit the survey multiple times on the same device. Either they already have a plan and the data is for giggles, or they don’t even know how to limit responses.

Sigh.

They already have a plan. They are going with early ES start times and late MS start times. I am positive.

I could certainly see that and I’m not thrilled about that either but it beats school until 4:50 pm or whatever absurd thing they were planning on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FYI I’ve been able to submit the survey multiple times on the same device. Either they already have a plan and the data is for giggles, or they don’t even know how to limit responses.

Sigh.

They already have a plan. They are going with early ES start times and late MS start times. I am positive.

They are going to get pushback on both plans and leave as is IMO. The first plan also pushes back high school so it isn’t just middle school that will be upset, but high school as well. The second plan will have ES families upset. Keeping as is, is the way to go.

[Anonymous]

We had a few years of elementary in MCPS that was somethihg like 9:30am - 4pm. That was rough for working parents. And our child has been able to walk to school for the duration.

I can't imagine how challenging this is for single parent households and/or households where it's challenging to pay for before/aftercare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had a few years of elementary in MCPS that was somethihg like 9:30am - 4pm. That was rough for working parents. And our child has been able to walk to school for the duration.

I can't imagine how challenging this is for single parent households and/or households where it's challenging to pay for before/aftercare.

I don't understand this statement. We had a late start elementary (9:20-4:05) and it worked great for our dual working schedule. We did before school SACC and one of us could always be home by 4. I think 9-4 is a lot easier for working families than 7:45 - 2:30.

I do agree though, that going til 4:50 for elementary is insane. But as a parent with middle and high school kids, moving them to the late start is totally ridiculous. It effectively takes hours of active time out of their day. I'm a hard no on Option 1. I'd be totally fine leaving as is. The 30 minute later option works perfect for middle and high school, but I understand that the elementary school schedule is not ok.

The problem is everyone only cares about where their kids currently are. There is one option that elementary families will like (1) and one that MS/HS will like (2).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had a few years of elementary in MCPS that was somethihg like 9:30am - 4pm. That was rough for working parents. And our child has been able to walk to school for the duration.

I can't imagine how challenging this is for single parent households and/or households where it's challenging to pay for before/aftercare.

I don't understand this statement. We had a late start elementary (9:20-4:05) and it worked great for our dual working schedule. We did before school SACC and one of us could always be home by 4. I think 9-4 is a lot easier for working families than 7:45 - 2:30.

I do agree though, that going til 4:50 for elementary is insane. But as a parent with middle and high school kids, moving them to the late start is totally ridiculous. It effectively takes hours of active time out of their day. I'm a hard no on Option 1. I'd be totally fine leaving as is. The 30 minute later option works perfect for middle and high school, but I understand that the elementary school schedule is not ok.

The problem is everyone only cares about where their kids currently are. There is one option that elementary families will like (1) and one that MS/HS will like (2).

9-4 means I need childcare on both ends because I typically work 8-5. 7:45-2:30 means I only need to arrange care on one end because I can get the kids on the bus by 7:20.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had a few years of elementary in MCPS that was somethihg like 9:30am - 4pm. That was rough for working parents. And our child has been able to walk to school for the duration.

I can't imagine how challenging this is for single parent households and/or households where it's challenging to pay for before/aftercare.

I don't understand this statement. We had a late start elementary (9:20-4:05) and it worked great for our dual working schedule. We did before school SACC and one of us could always be home by 4. I think 9-4 is a lot easier for working families than 7:45 - 2:30.

I do agree though, that going til 4:50 for elementary is insane. But as a parent with middle and high school kids, moving them to the late start is totally ridiculous. It effectively takes hours of active time out of their day. I'm a hard no on Option 1. I'd be totally fine leaving as is. The 30 minute later option works perfect for middle and high school, but I understand that the elementary school schedule is not ok.

The problem is everyone only cares about where their kids currently are. There is one option that elementary families will like (1) and one that MS/HS will like (2).

I personally feel there will be too much pushback and no change will be made. The only way I can see Option 1 passing is if High School stays the same or still starts before 9:00. Then only middle school will have a sucky schedule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had a few years of elementary in MCPS that was somethihg like 9:30am - 4pm. That was rough for working parents. And our child has been able to walk to school for the duration.

I can't imagine how challenging this is for single parent households and/or households where it's challenging to pay for before/aftercare.

I don't understand this statement. We had a late start elementary (9:20-4:05) and it worked great for our dual working schedule. We did before school SACC and one of us could always be home by 4. I think 9-4 is a lot easier for working families than 7:45 - 2:30.

I do agree though, that going til 4:50 for elementary is insane. But as a parent with middle and high school kids, moving them to the late start is totally ridiculous. It effectively takes hours of active time out of their day. I'm a hard no on Option 1. I'd be totally fine leaving as is. The 30 minute later option works perfect for middle and high school, but I understand that the elementary school schedule is not ok.

The problem is everyone only cares about where their kids currently are. There is one option that elementary families will like (1) and one that MS/HS will like (2).

I personally feel there will be too much pushback and no change will be made. The only way I can see Option 1 passing is if High School stays the same or still starts before 9:00. Then only middle school will have a sucky schedule.

I agree there will be so much pushback and no change will be made. The initial feedback months ago to the 5 options should tell us that. I think they’re doing this survey now so that they can say once and for all that they tried to make it work but were met with community resistance to the change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had a few years of elementary in MCPS that was somethihg like 9:30am - 4pm. That was rough for working parents. And our child has been able to walk to school for the duration.

I can't imagine how challenging this is for single parent households and/or households where it's challenging to pay for before/aftercare.

I don't understand this statement. We had a late start elementary (9:20-4:05) and it worked great for our dual working schedule. We did before school SACC and one of us could always be home by 4. I think 9-4 is a lot easier for working families than 7:45 - 2:30.

I do agree though, that going til 4:50 for elementary is insane. But as a parent with middle and high school kids, moving them to the late start is totally ridiculous. It effectively takes hours of active time out of their day. I'm a hard no on Option 1. I'd be totally fine leaving as is. The 30 minute later option works perfect for middle and high school, but I understand that the elementary school schedule is not ok.

The problem is everyone only cares about where their kids currently are. There is one option that elementary families will like (1) and one that MS/HS will like (2).

9-4 means I need childcare on both ends because I typically work 8-5. 7:45-2:30 means I only need to arrange care on one end because I can get the kids on the bus by 7:20.

Yup. Majority of late ES need morning/afternoon coverage. With earlier times, most will only need afternoon coverage.

[Anonymous]

All Loudoun County elementary schools start between 7:30-8am. They’re making it work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All Loudoun County elementary schools start between 7:30-8am. They’re making it work.

Lots of stay at home moms and work from home parents

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All Loudoun County elementary schools start between 7:30-8am. They’re making it work.

Half as many schools and no bussing of AAP.