Petition: Later MCPS school start times

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best way to address this would be for students to have a “no period 1” elective option. Families would have to provide transportation, with the understanding that they can’t drop off until around ten minutes before the start of pd 2, and it would allow for sports after school to resume as scheduled. It would be a cost saver too- fewer pd 1 teachers needed.

This is a terrible idea, unless your goal is to reduce attendance.

For us, you only get bus service outside two miles. We have to drive so if we have to do it why shouldn’t you?

You said the quiet part out loud. Oops.

[Anonymous]

Not this again!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When my kids are in ES, I want ES to start late.
When my kids are in MS, I want MS to start late.
When my kids are in HS, I want HS to start late.
Haha, isn't this called selfishness?

Exactly, but they seem unable to grasp that ALL children need sleep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When my kids are in ES, I want ES to start late.
When my kids are in MS, I want MS to start late.
When my kids are in HS, I want HS to start late.
Haha, isn't this called selfishness?

Actually, when my kids were in ES, I wanted ES to start earlier. They got on the bus too late for me to be able to take even the last train.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When my kids are in ES, I want ES to start late.
When my kids are in MS, I want MS to start late.
When my kids are in HS, I want HS to start late.
Haha, isn't this called selfishness?

I suspect most elementary school parents think 9:20 is too late of a start time. It's awful from a logistics perspective.

The problem is, for reasons that have been discussed at length, you can't simply flip the HS and ES start times.

[Anonymous]

In reality it’ll come down to money, they can’t afford additional buses and drivers seeing that some schools have not had copy paper for over a month.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sign the petition.

I didn't realize petitions have magical powers. They're able to double the number of buses and bus drivers out of thin air? Amazing.

Nah. Just rearrange start times. We've been over this before.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sign the petition.

I didn't realize petitions have magical powers. They're able to double the number of buses and bus drivers out of thin air? Amazing.

Nah. Just rearrange start times. We've been over this before.

So, you create problems for other families because you cannot enforce bedtime. Try some parenting classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sign the petition.

I didn't realize petitions have magical powers. They're able to double the number of buses and bus drivers out of thin air? Amazing.

Nah. Just rearrange start times. We've been over this before.

So, you create problems for other families because you cannot enforce bedtime. Try some parenting classes.

No, for the circadian rhythm science.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sign the petition.

I didn't realize petitions have magical powers. They're able to double the number of buses and bus drivers out of thin air? Amazing.

Nah. Just rearrange start times. We've been over this before.

Yes. Yes we have. We have been over this before. And the "just rearrange start times" idea was rejected.

[Anonymous]

I was in MCPS in the mid 2000s and our first class was at 7:25am. There was no homeroom, and being marked “tardy” was a big deal then. Because you needed to be in your seat and ready to go, you actually needed to be at school by about 7:15. It was a magnet school and so some kids had to get on the bus at like 5:30am.

It was awful. I think we all spent 4 years in a haze of exhaustion. I remember petitions to start later circulating at that time, too.

[Anonymous]

50 years later students will be asking their parents why they had to go to school so early. Answer: adults' inability to understand science and pivot based on the findings.

[Anonymous]

Not only 50 years from now. In about 5 months from now too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not this again!

+1000 so tired of the poster who keeps bringing this up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not this again!

+1000 so tired of the poster who keeps bringing this up

Maybe you are lacking sleep too.