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Petition: Later MCPS school start times
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Anonymous
From the cited studies: “The literature regarding effect of school start time delays on important aspects of high school life suggests some salutary effects, but often the evidence is indirect, imprecise, or derived from cohorts of convenience, making the overall quality of evidence weak or very weak.” “Therefore, we cannot be confident about the effects of later school start times.Preliminary evidence from the included studies indicated a potential association between later school start times and academic and psychosocial outcomes, but quality and comparability of these data were low and often precluded quantitative synthesis.” So it seems like the often-quoted science on this thread isn’t very confident about its own conclusions. Just put your kids in bed earlier and take their phones. Works well in my home. I have a high schooler and a middle schooler and they get 8-9 hours of sleep each night. Because it’s routine and enforced. |
Anonymous
The DCUM definition of "parenting" is "Everything I do - which you should do too, but you don't, because you're a bad, lazy parent." |
Anonymous
Indeed! You’re definitely making a convincing argument that’s changing people’s minds and lives. Kids all across this county are falling asleep earlier than ever before, thanks to your parenting advice that turns sleep science on its head. Guys, just tuck your high schoolers in earlier! Duh. Circadian rhythm, Shmircadian shmythm. |
Anonymous
Nice rationalization. |
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School only starts 10 minutes earlier than it did when I went to HS. I’m 47.
Someone said 50 years from now kids will sky why school started so early. What?? |
Anonymous
| It was great when DC was in ES, but now that they're in HS I was hoping the county would better accommodate us by changing the start times later. So what if someone else's kid has to get up early as long as mine doesn't it's all good to me. |
Anonymous
Seriously? We’re going to have public buses running through all the developments and cul-de-sacs of MoCo? Or are kids going to walk a mile out of their neighborhoods to get to the main roads? |
Anonymous
It's a non-starter to abolish school buses, but yes, housing in Montgomery County should be served by public transportation. How is this even a question? |
Anonymous
DP. Do you think schools will continue to start earlier? So in 50 years kids will actually be going earlier than now? |
Anonymous
Do you realize that students do walk a mile or two to school? Think HS students. |
Anonymous
We use parental controls to kill device internet connections at 9pm. |
Anonymous
Many areas don't have easy access to public transportation. The MCPS rule for HS is 2 miles regardless of the conditions. We have two major roads and few street have sidewalks. We have to drive back and forth. So, the early start is better to drop off before work. |
Anonymous
Except cell phones have cellular data and there are ways around it. And, you can still play games without the internet. |
Anonymous
Verizon parental controls work really well. Kids could jump on one neighbor's wifi, but they know we'd take them away if they did. Neither kid is into gaming, so that's no a worry. (thank goodness!) |