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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^^ 3rd paragraph should end with "either way".  Yes, MS schedule shifts more under C2 but that's kind of the whole point. It's a minor adjustment for the MS years.[/quote]

Getting out at 4:25 pm doesn’t make sense for middle schoolers - they have more time consuming homework. And they wouldn’t be able to do any sports or activities. That is why E makes more sense - MS will get 30 extra minutes of sleep and still have their after school activities. Many elementary schools are already homework free so those students can get out later.[/quote]

My middle schooler rarely has homework. They do all their work in class. Do you even have a middle schooler?[/quote]

My MS kid rarely has homework but he has friends who always have homework. Some kids can’t get the work done in class and have to finish at home. The notices posted on schoology seem to indicate that it is a decent number of kids.[/quote]

So we are going to ruin school for elementary kids by sending them to school until 4:30 PM, and mess up high school schedules of the kids who have hours of real homework, whose grades actually count for college, and whose sport/musicals/concerts/jobs already finish at 10:00 PM or later, to aapease a small group of middle school parents whose kids screw around in class not doing their (easy) school work, for 2 quick years of inconvenience?

Only this school board could be so short sighted and foolish.[/quote]

Kids will adjust. It’s only 30 minutes.[/quote]

Nope.

Guve middle school the schedule that gets them home at 5PM.[/quote]

Nope. Not gonna happen as they need the after school activities program. Elementary school kids can get home later as they have no homework and no classes they count toward their GPAs. Half the kids are already at SACC or some after school activity. [/quote]

Middle schools gpas don't matter.

Plus, it is just 2 years.[/quote]

In middle school, like many students, my child has taken Algebra I, Geometry, Spanish 1, and Spanish 2. That's four high school credits that contribute to high school GPA. I beg to differ that middle school GPAs don't matter. [/quote]

My kid is in the same situation, different language though. But our cards are the minority, probably less then 10% of the MS kids are taking this schedule. And the kids taking those schedules are probably ones with less to no homework and better study skills then many other kids. I would guess that Half of the MS kids will end up taking at least 2 HS courses in MS, mostly Algebra 1 and a language, while a far smaller number will have 4 HS courses.

I don’t want my kid starting at 9:30 because that means he loses out on some of the after school activiites that he enjoys, like math counts, because I doubt that those are going to be held from 4:30-6:30. Right now his after school stuff is from 2:30-4:30. I am not sure that the parent volunteers would be available at 7:30 AM to run the club or if the school will open for clubs in the AM. [/quote]

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