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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree that sports are great.  I had one who did sports and one who did not.  People might be surprised to know that there are a lot of activities other than sports that are going to be negatively impacted by the new times.[/quote]

The new times shouldn't have a negative effect on extracurriculars. TJ runs from 8:30 to 3:50, with sports and many other extracurriculars starting about four and going till about six. Lots of very involved kids there, with long commutes to boot, and they manage to get it all done.

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Agreed.  The whole not time for sports with the new schedules argument is a straw man.  The only thing that may be more difficult with high schoolers going to school later is that it may be more difficult to cram every kind of extracurricular in -- musical instruments, service organization, travel sport, math counts, etc.  But making kids choose between their xtra curriculars may actually help them learn a valuable lesson about choices and tradeoffs.  [/quote]

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