Petition: Later MCPS school start times

[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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Yes, the science that all students 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?

YES!!

[Anonymous]

Sleep is so important. It should not be shortchanged. MCPS - do the right thing!
Don’t live in the past

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sleep is so important. It should not be shortchanged. MCPS - do the right thing!
Don’t live in the past

Yes, I agree, especially for my MS and ES child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sleep is so important. It should not be shortchanged. MCPS - do the right thing!
Don’t live in the past

Yes, I agree, especially for my MS and ES child.

My kid is now in HS and start times are too early. Can't they make the younger kids go early instead of mine?

[Anonymous]

Exactly, because:

I don't care about the HS kid who has to watch their siblings after school because their single parent is working;
I don't care about the HS kid who is working to help cover rent and groceries for their family;
I don't care about the lack of busses and bus drivers;
I don't care about those HS kids involved in after school activities and sports.

I only care about my kid, who cannot go to bed any earlier and has trouble waking up in the morning

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Exactly, because:

I don't care about the HS kid who has to watch their siblings after school because their single parent is working;
I don't care about the HS kid who is working to help cover rent and groceries for their family;
I don't care about the lack of busses and bus drivers;
I don't care about those HS kids involved in after school activities and sports.

I only care about my kid, who cannot go to bed any earlier and has trouble waking up in the morning

You need a nap, cranky poster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sleep is so important. It should not be shortchanged. MCPS - do the right thing!
Don’t live in the past

Yes, I agree, especially for my MS and ES child.

My kid is now in HS and start times are too early. Can't they make the younger kids go early instead of mine?

No. Haven't you been following along? There are a variety of reasons it is impractical to flip HS and ES start times. This has been well documented in past reviews on this topic, and discussed in much of this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Perhaps they should be asking why their parents didn’t enforce earlier bedtimes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Perhaps they should be asking why their parents didn’t enforce earlier bedtimes.

Or they'll call you to ask why you don't believe in science. DP.