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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In all the hoopla around the later HS start times and justification of the Millions $$$ spent, their was no mention of the MS students getting screwed. Bait and Switch.  Karen Garza was so eager to get this through that there was no transparency about the downside, which should have been discussed. Certainly, no one raised this at our MS last year. When you add this to the high stakes budget BS, she's building a lot of distrust. [/quote]

There was mention, but no one listened. I was extremely vocal about what would happen to middle schoolers. Not only are they getting up at some godforsaken hour, but they are now the group that will spend the most time alone, unsupervised in the afternoons until their parents can get home. And 13 is the perfect age for that, huh?

It's terrible. These poor kids. [/quote]

I don't understand why people are saying it wasn't made clear that the MS students would get "screwed?"  There were public meetings that you could attend.  There was information on the main FCPS page with the four schedule options being considered.  People were posting about it all over the place.  I knew exactly what options they were considering and exactly which options were gaining the most traction because I attended those meetings, voice my opinion, and followed all the discussions on the matter.

I think a lot of people sat idly by thinking nothing would happen and then were suddenly surprised when it did.  Too little too late people.

It'd be great if Garza could actually hold true to her promise to eventually move the middle schools to 8 o'clock as well but with the budget crisis we're facing?  I don't see that happening anytime soon.  [/quote]

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