Is a 2 hour delay still on the table for tomorrow (Thursday, 2/5)?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kids should be in school, on-time. The piles aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. We can’t have 2-hour delays indefinitely. It’s ridiculous. Some elementary schools have start regular times of 9:25am. 11:25 is just too late.

As a general comment oh my gosh I really detest the 11:25 start time in ES when there’s a delay. It’s so late. I have a kid who is up at 5am daily. I love the idea of a short day but it’s all the wrong hours.

I have teens, and yes, that would drive me nuts. MCPS lacks sufficient buses to drive everyone to school at the same time, but when there's a 2 hr delay, they should really start everyone at the same time. High schoolers start their day at 9:45am when there's a 2 hr delay. Which is practically the normal time for elementary, right? All we want is avoid having kids wait in the predawn hours for their buses.

I get it and I don't. I understand that's your concern, but I don't understand why that's your concern.

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As a HS teacher and coach I would be against pushing HS start times back if it meant school ran past 3 PM. It would create a nightmare for field usage if practices didn’t start until 3:30 or later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish they would announce it earlier because as a teacher it is hard to plan lessons not knowing what the schedule is going to be

I just dropped warmups the past two days and have allowed students to finish independent tasks at home.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids should be in school, on-time. The piles aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. We can’t have 2-hour delays indefinitely. It’s ridiculous. Some elementary schools have start regular times of 9:25am. 11:25 is just too late.

As a general comment oh my gosh I really detest the 11:25 start time in ES when there’s a delay. It’s so late. I have a kid who is up at 5am daily. I love the idea of a short day but it’s all the wrong hours.

MCPS school timings are messed up. Elementary kids go to school too late in the day and High School starts way too early

There's always a petition circulating to get them to change high school start time..move it to at least 8am or swap ES start times with HS.

I would love this and know of other districts that do this but it will never happen here. Collectively MCPS is too entrenched in the status quo and every time this comes up there are XYZ reasons about why it isn't feasible.

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Anonymous wrote:As a HS teacher and coach I would be against pushing HS start times back if it meant school ran past 3 PM. It would create a nightmare for field usage if practices didn’t start until 3:30 or later.

Yes. Of course, we should prioritise sports over academics. That’s the American way. And your excuse is a red herring since myriad other states start sports later than MCPS and somehow manage just fine. Because they have more sensible HS start times

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a HS teacher and coach I would be against pushing HS start times back if it meant school ran past 3 PM. It would create a nightmare for field usage if practices didn’t start until 3:30 or later.

Yes. Of course, we should prioritise sports over academics. That’s the American way. And your excuse is a red herring since myriad other states start sports later than MCPS and somehow manage just fine. Because they have more sensible HS start times

At my HS we have some sports ending practice at 9:30 PM in order for everyone to get field time. If you want student athletes at practice until 10:30-11 thats on you

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a HS teacher and coach I would be against pushing HS start times back if it meant school ran past 3 PM. It would create a nightmare for field usage if practices didn’t start until 3:30 or later.

Yes. Of course, we should prioritise sports over academics. That’s the American way. And your excuse is a red herring since myriad other states start sports later than MCPS and somehow manage just fine. Because they have more sensible HS start times

At my HS we have some sports ending practice at 9:30 PM in order for everyone to get field time. If you want student athletes at practice until 10:30-11 thats on you

Why is that the end all be all? I don’t have a problem with sports but ending elementary school at nearly 4pm is horrible. Many of these kids aren’t getting home until close to 5 with bus rides. Then they need to play when they get home but it’s almost dinner time, and many of these kids are still going to bed pretty early. The early years of adding in homework are particularly tough on that schedule.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a HS teacher and coach I would be against pushing HS start times back if it meant school ran past 3 PM. It would create a nightmare for field usage if practices didn’t start until 3:30 or later.

Yes. Of course, we should prioritise sports over academics. That’s the American way. And your excuse is a red herring since myriad other states start sports later than MCPS and somehow manage just fine. Because they have more sensible HS start times

At my HS we have some sports ending practice at 9:30 PM in order for everyone to get field time. If you want student athletes at practice until 10:30-11 thats on you

Why is that the end all be all? I don’t have a problem with sports but ending elementary school at nearly 4pm is horrible. Many of these kids aren’t getting home until close to 5 with bus rides. Then they need to play when they get home but it’s almost dinner time, and many of these kids are still going to bed pretty early. The early years of adding in homework are particularly tough on that schedule.

My 3rd grader ends school at 3:35pm. She gets plenty of playtime, sleep, and time to do homework.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a HS teacher and coach I would be against pushing HS start times back if it meant school ran past 3 PM. It would create a nightmare for field usage if practices didn’t start until 3:30 or later.

Yes. Of course, we should prioritise sports over academics. That’s the American way. And your excuse is a red herring since myriad other states start sports later than MCPS and somehow manage just fine. Because they have more sensible HS start times

At my HS we have some sports ending practice at 9:30 PM in order for everyone to get field time. If you want student athletes at practice until 10:30-11 thats on you

Why is that the end all be all? I don’t have a problem with sports but ending elementary school at nearly 4pm is horrible. Many of these kids aren’t getting home until close to 5 with bus rides. Then they need to play when they get home but it’s almost dinner time, and many of these kids are still going to bed pretty early. The early years of adding in homework are particularly tough on that schedule.

My 3rd grader ends school at 3:35pm. She gets plenty of playtime, sleep, and time to do homework.

I’m so happy for you

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a HS teacher and coach I would be against pushing HS start times back if it meant school ran past 3 PM. It would create a nightmare for field usage if practices didn’t start until 3:30 or later.

Yes. Of course, we should prioritise sports over academics. That’s the American way. And your excuse is a red herring since myriad other states start sports later than MCPS and somehow manage just fine. Because they have more sensible HS start times

At my HS we have some sports ending practice at 9:30 PM in order for everyone to get field time. If you want student athletes at practice until 10:30-11 thats on you

Why is that the end all be all? I don’t have a problem with sports but ending elementary school at nearly 4pm is horrible. Many of these kids aren’t getting home until close to 5 with bus rides. Then they need to play when they get home but it’s almost dinner time, and many of these kids are still going to bed pretty early. The early years of adding in homework are particularly tough on that schedule.

Not sure what you are arguing with. Where did I ever mention Elementary Schools would end later? My post is about HS and athletics. It never once brought Elementary school schedules into it.

Besides, with after care a lot of those elementary school kids aren’t getting home until close to 6 anyway.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a HS teacher and coach I would be against pushing HS start times back if it meant school ran past 3 PM. It would create a nightmare for field usage if practices didn’t start until 3:30 or later.

Yes. Of course, we should prioritise sports over academics. That’s the American way. And your excuse is a red herring since myriad other states start sports later than MCPS and somehow manage just fine. Because they have more sensible HS start times

- smaller districts
- more land, more fields, more gym space.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a HS teacher and coach I would be against pushing HS start times back if it meant school ran past 3 PM. It would create a nightmare for field usage if practices didn’t start until 3:30 or later.

Yes. Of course, we should prioritise sports over academics. That’s the American way. And your excuse is a red herring since myriad other states start sports later than MCPS and somehow manage just fine. Because they have more sensible HS start times

At my HS we have some sports ending practice at 9:30 PM in order for everyone to get field time. If you want student athletes at practice until 10:30-11 thats on you

Why is that the end all be all? I don’t have a problem with sports but ending elementary school at nearly 4pm is horrible. Many of these kids aren’t getting home until close to 5 with bus rides. Then they need to play when they get home but it’s almost dinner time, and many of these kids are still going to bed pretty early. The early years of adding in homework are particularly tough on that schedule.

Not sure what you are arguing with. Where did I ever mention Elementary Schools would end later? My post is about HS and athletics. It never once brought Elementary school schedules into it.

Besides, with after care a lot of those elementary school kids aren’t getting home until close to 6 anyway.

I might have misunderstood. It seemed you were saying high school schedules needed to be earlier, which I took to mean elementaries will need to stay how they are. I get that there are different priorities at play.

That’s true about aftercare but many many kids do not do aftercare. It is also a scheduling option families can consider and reject.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a HS teacher and coach I would be against pushing HS start times back if it meant school ran past 3 PM. It would create a nightmare for field usage if practices didn’t start until 3:30 or later.

Yes. Of course, we should prioritise sports over academics. That’s the American way. And your excuse is a red herring since myriad other states start sports later than MCPS and somehow manage just fine. Because they have more sensible HS start times

At my HS we have some sports ending practice at 9:30 PM in order for everyone to get field time. If you want student athletes at practice until 10:30-11 thats on you

Why can't they practice in the morning? Kids who don't do sports would still be able to get a developmentally appropriate amount of sleep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a HS teacher and coach I would be against pushing HS start times back if it meant school ran past 3 PM. It would create a nightmare for field usage if practices didn’t start until 3:30 or later.

Yes. Of course, we should prioritise sports over academics. That’s the American way. And your excuse is a red herring since myriad other states start sports later than MCPS and somehow manage just fine. Because they have more sensible HS start times

At my HS we have some sports ending practice at 9:30 PM in order for everyone to get field time. If you want student athletes at practice until 10:30-11 thats on you

Why can't they practice in the morning? Kids who don't do sports would still be able to get a developmentally appropriate amount of sleep.

Yep, there are field lights too! Share the fields, those who prioritize sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a HS teacher and coach I would be against pushing HS start times back if it meant school ran past 3 PM. It would create a nightmare for field usage if practices didn’t start until 3:30 or later.

Yes. Of course, we should prioritise sports over academics. That’s the American way. And your excuse is a red herring since myriad other states start sports later than MCPS and somehow manage just fine. Because they have more sensible HS start times

At my HS we have some sports ending practice at 9:30 PM in order for everyone to get field time. If you want student athletes at practice until 10:30-11 thats on you

Why can't they practice in the morning? Kids who don't do sports would still be able to get a developmentally appropriate amount of sleep.

I love AM workouts. My football players come in at quarter of 6 every morning almost all year. The only thing that concerns me with that being done on a school wide basis across multiple sports, is there are very limited shower spaces, some schools may not even have working showers. I don't mind a stinky kid but I'm sure a lot of other students would be upset sharing their classrooms with a ton of kids who ran sprints and lifted heavy for 90 minutes without a shower.