Anyone else get a robocall from school principal about daylight savings time and children's sleep?

[Anonymous]

It came tonight--a reminder about children's need for proper rest for school. Since it didn't come Saturday it clearly wasn't intended as a reminder to change the time. Rubbed the wrong way--well, duh, of course children need their sleep for school--just too nanny-statish.

[Anonymous]

Probably because each year nearly every school has the usual small group who are an hour late or early because their parents are clueless.

[Anonymous]

Lol I was just feeling badly for the teachers tomorrow, since I couldn't get my kid to sleep until almost 10:30. Bet they have a bunch of grumpy kids Monday.

[Anonymous]

I'm a teacher and yes, there will be a handful of children who come an hour late to school tomorrow. If you don't want robocalls, email your school and ask that you be removed from the list.

[Anonymous]

I find it hard to believe that MCPS scheduled MSAs right in the middle of the time change.

My middle schooler has to get up really early to make the bus and today was hard for her, plus she has to go right into a math MSA.

I personally am not concerned too much about her results but you'd think the school would be.

[Anonymous]

MCPS didn't schedule the MSAs, the state of Maryland did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS didn't schedule the MSAs, the state of Maryland did.

Whoever scheduled it at daylight savings time wasn't thinking clearly. Terrible timing.

[Anonymous]

yeah, it's crazy

[Anonymous]

OP here. I believe you, first group of posters , but really who are these people? Everybody has a clock on their phone and cable box. Are there really that many people who go around not knowing it is all day Sunday?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I believe you, first group of posters , but really who are these people? Everybody has a clock on their phone and cable box. Are there really that many people who go around not knowing it is all day Sunday?

Yes. Also, not everyone has a cell phone and/or cable box.

[Anonymous]

it's like jet lag. My kids don't even realize what the clock says. Trying to jump their schedule an hour is a mess. They cried this morning getting up, and I tried to get them to bed early last night, The youngest hung out in her bed, no tv, no electronics and kept plaintively calling "I don't know why, but I can't get to sleep." Well, no wonder. Your body doesn't think it's bed time. Bless your heart if your kids don't notice.

A lot of people use their clock radio and their stove clock in the morning. So unless they look at the phone clock and realize...it does happen.

[Anonymous]

My daughter told me her teacher was late today, her teacher told the class it was because of daylight savings time. She's goes to elementary school in Fairfax County.