Bell times predictions

[Anonymous]

20 min is not sufficient but I do think it's a meaningful difference and a good start.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a sense of what the BOE will decide?

They are very liberal and impractical so they will probably make everyone start at 10am and raise taxes to buy more busses and Union bus drivers. They can go ahead and can more extracurriculars, the troubled kids don't do those anyways.
All is well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope bell time will be moved for HS.
My children will be on the bus for magnets, and 6:30 a.m. is way too early.

That was your choice.

Actually it was the BOE's decision to put the magnet programs ai my far away in east county, dozens of miles away from the most qualified kids.
Slick. I like it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope bell time will be moved for HS.
My children will be on the bus for magnets, and 6:30 a.m. is way too early.

That was your choice.

Actually it was the BOE's decision to put the magnet programs ai my far away in east county, dozens of miles away from the most qualified kids.
Slick. I like it.

DOZENS of miles?

Well, maybe a dozen miles away, from the most affluent kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope bell time will be moved for HS.
My children will be on the bus for magnets, and 6:30 a.m. is way too early.

That was your choice.

Actually it was the BOE's decision to put the magnet programs ai my far away in east county, dozens of miles away from the most qualified kids.
Slick. I like it.

DOZENS of miles?

Well, maybe a dozen miles away, from the most affluent kids.

+1!

[Anonymous]

Lots of well-qualified students in my Silver Spring neighborhood, not to mention at my child's HGC which is near both Eastern and Takoma Park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope bell time will be moved for HS.
My children will be on the bus for magnets, and 6:30 a.m. is way too early.

That was your choice.

Actually it was the BOE's decision to put the magnet programs ai my far away in east county, dozens of miles away from the most qualified kids.
Slick. I like it.

Then you take that up with the board. Don't ruin everyone else's morning/afternoons because you CHOSE to enter a magnet school far away. Your request is selfish and meaningless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bell times have worked for decades and decades. What has changed is high school workload, the increase in sport practice times, the increase in extra curriculars, and the ever obvious increase in electronics and screens. THESE are the problems and all of those things can be changed for FREE.

Decades and decades? They go back to 1993-94 -- 20 years.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/boe/changing-belltimes.pdf

I went to high school in the 80's and my first bell was 7:04am. And I went on to have a very productive life. I also remember working after school in the mall. Sports would end at 4pm, I would do homework, eat and work 2-3 shifts at the mall working 6-9:30pm. In bed by 11pm and up at 5:45am. On the days I didn't work, I remember napping after sports and before dinner. Or I would fall asleep by 10pm some nights.

I bet no one's little snowflakes even work anymore. They are "so" busy. Parents still pay for everything.

Also, I think everyone forgets that many parents use older siblings for childcare of their youngest. This can not happen if you flip the bell times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bell times have worked for decades and decades. What has changed is high school workload, the increase in sport practice times, the increase in extra curriculars, and the ever obvious increase in electronics and screens. THESE are the problems and all of those things can be changed for FREE.

The homework could be decreased or given more time than one night to complete. Sports games could be shortened, practices could be 3 or 4 days a week instead of all 5. Parents could chill the F out on all the extras their kids are in including tutors and test prep classes. And phones/computers/tv could be taken away by 9-10pm.

My daughter is a swimmer. She is in the pool at 5:30am. She is in bed no later than 10pm and on really tiring days, she is snoring by 9pm. There is no messed up rhythm for her. She is active and needs sleep and not having any phone or computer in her room allows her to de-stress and fall asleep. Any teen can do it.

I don't care what the studies say. If you change the bell times, the kids in IB will still be up later working. The sports kids will be getting home later and starting homework later, and (shocker) staying up later at night. The kids on Instagram will think they have an extra hour to text/chat. It will not change. It hasn't in Fairfax after they spent over 10 million to study and implement it. Kids still complain of no time and lack of sleep. They are overworked. THAT is the problem.

I totally agree.

Me too! We are an ice hockey family and it gets busy but my kids sleep just fine. Maybe because they are active and tired, they sleep better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I went to high school in the 80's and my first bell was 7:04am. And I went on to have a very productive life. I also remember working after school in the mall. Sports would end at 4pm, I would do homework, eat and work 2-3 shifts at the mall working 6-9:30pm. In bed by 11pm and up at 5:45am. On the days I didn't work, I remember napping after sports and before dinner. Or I would fall asleep by 10pm some nights.

I bet no one's little snowflakes even work anymore. They are "so" busy. Parents still pay for everything.

Also, I think everyone forgets that many parents use older siblings for childcare of their youngest. This can not happen if you flip the bell times.

That is not enough sleep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope bell time will be moved for HS.
My children will be on the bus for magnets, and 6:30 a.m. is way too early.

That was your choice.

Actually it was the BOE's decision to put the magnet programs ai my far away in east county, dozens of miles away from the most qualified kids.
Slick. I like it.

Right, the rich kids are the most qualified kids. Got it. How is it that NOBODY on these threads seems to understand why magnets started in the first place? It's to PULL (hence the term magnet) kids from more affluent neighborhoods into a more transitional neighborhood. This is under the theory that the parents will be more involved and the very motivated and bright but somewhat lower SES kids from the neighborhood will benefit. That was the point. It wasn't supposed to be about your particular kid, so please come off it already.

[Anonymous]

Today's Post reports that teachers oppose changing bell times.
http://thewashingtonpost.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx
See Metro-Teachers solidly against later bell

[Anonymous]

They will adopt the no cost options or retain current times. This is my prediction based on statements by the group that has been leading the push to change the times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope bell time will be moved for HS.
My children will be on the bus for magnets, and 6:30 a.m. is way too early.

That was your choice.

Actually it was the BOE's decision to put the magnet programs ai my far away in east county, dozens of miles away from the most qualified kids.
Slick. I like it.

Then you take that up with the board. Don't ruin everyone else's morning/afternoons because you CHOSE to enter a magnet school far away. Your request is selfish and meaningless.

The locations are a main pull for living in silver spring. I wouldn't go 10 exit miles on the beltway and up/down 270 for a school program in an overly huge county! The locations are chosen to attract homebuyers and bolster test scores. Everyone else can focus on their home schools.

[Anonymous]

The MCPS Bell Times page has been updated based on public feedback through Feb. 2. Report is online at

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/info/belltimesworkgroup/2015BellTimesOptionsFeedback.pdf