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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow - 7 pages of squabbling on this today, and very little actually thoughtful, informative, or productive.  On the off-chance that could change ...

The limiting factor logistically for having the staggered start times are the number of buses required to transport everyone. That was the cost identified in the original study. One thing that could be advocated for is increased public transportation during HS/MS start and end times, possibly with "express" buses that have limited stops and additional routes that mimic some of the current school bus runs. As the county's density has increased, the public transportation hasn't kept up. In the long run, it is in the interests of the county to encourage working adults to use public transit, and if students learn to use public transit while in HS/MS, they are more likely to continue using it. Downcounty and along the 270 corridor (355, Great Seneca hwy, Midcounty hwy) from Rockville to Gaithersburg to Germantown to Clarksburg should all have a strong bus network that could serve to get MS and HS students to and from school. If the school buses were reserved for the less dense and more rural areas, you could at least have the HS start time go later to be the same as MS start (8:15a-3:00p). If enough students can take public transit, it might be possible to shift some elementary schools to the 8:15a start time too, and maybe get rid of the late ES tier.

I think that's the next most feasible step in this adjustment process.[/quote]
This is probably the most reasonable solution/idea in this entire thread.[/quote]
Not really. Just look at school boundaries. It’s totally impractical. [/quote]

What makes it totally impractical? There are lots of high school students and even middle school students who could take public transit to/from school. In fact, there are [i]currently[/i] lots of high school students and even middle school students who take public transit to/from school.[/quote]

[b]Most kids don't live within walking distance to public transportation[/b] and it would take multiple buses to get there.  And, not all parents have cars.  Those complain about their kids going early can drive their kids.[/quote]

So what? Many kids do. The more kids can get themselves to school on public transportation (or walking, or biking) instead of school buses, the more flexibility MCPS has to adjust start times for everyone.[/quote]

Walking or biking isn't exactly safe when not all streets, like ours have sidewalks and you'd have to cross major roads and some kids are several miles away.  Does your kid walk, bike or take public transportation to school?  Here is an idea - tell your kid to go to bed earlier if they are tired.[/quote]

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