I work at an FCPS middle school and lots of kids are chronically late ... meanwhile ES kids are up and raring to go. I agree a true study would look at both ES and MS start times. It's wasteful and ridiculous to pay an outside firm to do otherwise. |
Stfu. |
It’s two big moves and they both depend on transposition so they might do it all together. But I was hoping for 26-27 for boundary changes. Not next school year. |
Any updates?
I think I saw four options. Is the board going to make a decision on this matter? |
I thought the main reason times were switched was after school care. Older siblings needed to be home to watch the younger kids. |
https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/DBCPSG65FD03/$file/Presentation%20MS%20Start%20Times%20Dec%203%202024%20WS.pdf There are 5 options listed. |
Thank you! So what’s the next steps? |
No one knows. It’s also getting late. They promised the changes would take place next year but nothing is happening. |
It’s hard to keep track but I believe Reid said it would make more sense to do it at the same time as boundary changes because they both require a lot of transportation movements. And changes for families. ![]() |
There was absolutely no promise of a change next year. Maybe it was a goal, but Reid's comments at other meetings have given zero confidence that it would happen so quickly, if at all. |
This is a terrible reason to have middle school children get to school at 7am. First of all, it's pretty unfair to the Middle Schooler - not only are they more tired, but they are also supposed to prioritize another person's needs over their own. Second, it seems this could be remedied by offering more afterschool care options for elementary school children. Third, when the elementary school students are going to school at 9am and the parents have to be at work by 8, what then? It's the same problem and you could easily justify sending the middle schoolers later because they need to help get the elementary students off to school. |
There are many many things that are arranged for parents/adult needs rather than children. Kids do better with shorter school hours, people have more output with a less than 40 hour work week. Yet, we still haven’t structured our economy to meet human needs, only the needs of money. So this may be a “terrible reason” but it is necessary for where we are right now. |
Wait until parents find out what time the ES students get home when school starts at 7am - and they have to meet the bus for their kindergartener. |
Exactly. They can’t switch. It’s just two years waking up early. We’ve grown soft. |
I got that no promise was made. Still, they need to keep the parents informed of the status and decisions. |